Mid-Pleistocene ice drainage pattern in the Norwegian Channel imaged by 3D seismic |
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| Authors: | L Rise O Olesen K Rokoengen D Ottesen F Riis |
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| Institution: | a Geological Survey of Norway, 7491, Trondheim, Norway;b Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway;c Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, P.B. 6000, 4003, Stavanger, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Several investigations have shown that a huge Late Weichselian ice stream flowed along the Norwegian Channel, and deposited thick debris flow deposits at the North Sea Fan. The development of the channel is probably mainly a result of several cycles of ice stream activity during the Quaternary. A merged 3D seismic image shows a lineated relief pattern interpreted as a uniquely well-preserved footprint of a moving ice sheet. This deep Quaternary horizon corresponds to a slightly irregular reflector on top of a parallel-layered seismic sequence. Seismic tie to the Troll core 8903 south of the study area shows that the sequence comprises Early Middle Pleistocene marine sediments. The pattern of lineations, the seismic stratigraphy, as well as the chronostratigraphic investigations of the Troll core, strongly indicate that the image reflects the initial phase of an extensive Middle Pleistocene glaciation (inferred age ca 0.5 Ma), prior to the development of a massive Norwegian Channel Ice Stream. The northwesterly oriented pattern, seen in the southeastern part of the study area, demonstrates that the ice flowed into the channel mainly from the coastal zone north of Bergen. Farther west various sets of ‘fan-shaped lineations’ partly cross each other, showing that the 3D-image represents a certain short time window. In the northern study area the ice flow was dominantly northwards, and directed towards the area below the present shallow Måløy Plateau. There are no indications that the glaciers north of Sognefjorden affected the marine ice sheet. |
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