Recent Sediments and Sediment Transport in the Northern North Sea: Surface Sediments of the Skagerrak
- S.-D. Nio,
- R. T. E. Shüttenhelm,
- Tj. C. E. Van Weering
Published Online: 29 JUN 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303759.ch25
Copyright © 1981 The International Association of Sedimentologists
Book Title
Holocene Marine Sedimentation in the North Sea Basin
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How to Cite
Van Weering, T. C. E. (2009) Recent Sediments and Sediment Transport in the Northern North Sea: Surface Sediments of the Skagerrak, in Holocene Marine Sedimentation in the North Sea Basin (eds S.-D. Nio, R. T. E. Shüttenhelm and Tj. C. E. Van Weering), Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444303759.ch25
Publication History
- Published Online: 29 JUN 2009
- Published Print: 23 DEC 1981
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780632008582
Online ISBN: 9781444303759
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- acoustically transparent layers;
- presence of biogenic gas;
- grain-size determinations;
- bottom-currents in late Pleistocene or early Holocene;
- Skagerrak - a belt of morainic sediments
Summary
Bottom sediments from the Skagerrak were collected on localities chosen on the basis of their acoustical characteristics. The grain-size distribution, lithology and clay mineralogy have been studied, as well as carbonate content and content of organic carbon. These data have been related to the present day current pattern. The Skagerrak obviously acts as a sink for recent sediments that are transported by traction currents along the bottom and in suspension, or by a combination of these. The main depot centres for very fine sand are situated north-west of Skagen and in the entrance of the Kattegat, whereas silt and clay-size materials are found in the deeper parts and off the Norwegian and Swedish coasts. Locally till-like sediments occur.