Abstract
Seismic and borehole data show that Quaternary deposits in the southeastern Barents Sea (Fig. 1) overlie the Mesosoic bedrock with a prominent erosional unconformity, known from the western Barents Sea as the Upper Regional Unconformity (URU) [Solheim and Kristoffersen, 1984].The Quaternary sequence is subdivided into three seismic and lithologic units: I, glacial diamicton with chaotic seismic signature; II, laminated glacimarine mud (in shallow areas, with a sand layer at the bottom); and I, homogenous marine mud/sand (Fig. 2A) [Gataullin et.al, 1993; Polyak et al., 1995].
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Gataullin, V., Polyak, L. (1997). Glaciotectonic Features, Southeastern Barents Sea. In: Davies, T.A., et al. Glaciated Continental Margins. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5820-6_24
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