Sedimentary Processes and Palaeoenvironment on Northern Continental Margins (SPONCOM)

The group in Marine Geology and Geophysics at the University of Tromsø are running a Strategic University Programme in marine geosciences entitled: "Sedimentary processes and paleoenvironment on northern continental margins". The overall goal of the programme is to assess the changes in the physical environment of the sea-floor and its overlying water and ice of West Spitsbergen and North Norwegian fjords and continental margin during the last glacial - interglacial cycle. Mor e specifically the programme will provide information on: * The chronology and dynamics of the last glaciation-deglaciation * Processes and fluxes of fjord, continental shelf and -slope sedimentation * Slides and tsunamies during the last 10.000 years * Rapid palaeoceanographic and palaeoclimatic changes, particularly during the last deglaciation and Holocene.