Late Cenozoic Erosion Estimates for the Northern Barents Sea: Quantifying Glacial Sediment Input to the Arctic Ocean

Abstract

A compilation of seismic data has been used to characterize the Neogene-Quaternary sedimentary succession of the northwestern Barents Sea continental margin to better understand the paleoenvironmental evolution and the sedimentary processes involved. The Neogene strata are dominated by contourites related to the ocean circulation established from the opening of the Fram Strait connecting the Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans (< ~17.5 Ma). The upper Plio-Pleistocene strata