(Table 1) Sample locations and clay mineral data of sediment surface samples from the Barents Sea region

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A new surface sediment sample set gained in the western Barents Sea by the MAREANO program has been analysed for basic clay mineral assemblages. Distribution maps including additional samples from earlier German research cruises to and off Svalbard are compiled. Some trends in the clay mineral assemblages are related to the sub-Barents Sea geology because the Quaternary sediment cover is rather thin. Additionally, land masses like Svalbard and northern Scandinavia dominate the clay mineral signal with their erosional products. Dense bottom water, very often of brine origin, that flows within deep troughs, such as the Storfjorden or Bear Island Trough, transport the clay mineral signal from their origin to the Norwegian-Greenland Sea.

Supplement to: Vogt, Christoph; Knies, Jochen (2009): Sediment pathways in the western Barents Sea inferred from clay mineral assemblages in surface sediments. Norwegian Journal of Geology, 89(1-2), 41-55

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.853649
Related Identifier https://njg.geologi.no/images/NJG_articles/Vogt_print.pdf
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(94)90185-6
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1999.tb00216.x
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.57249
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GC000916
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Provenance
Creator Vogt, Christoph ORCID logo; Knies, Jochen
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2009
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 781 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (5.934W, 70.440S, 43.577E, 82.167N); Norwegian Sea; Barents Sea; Svalbard; Yermak Plateau; Bear Island Trough
Temporal Coverage Begin 1991-06-23T16:22:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2001-09-12T00:00:00Z