New Publication Available
Norwegian Journal of Geology
Geological Society of Norway
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Jochen Knies
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The Geological Society of Norway announces the publication of a new
issue of the Norwegian Journal of Geology (NJG), Vol. 89 Nr. 1 & 2. The
publication is available online at: www.geologi.no/njg/currentissue.
This issue of NJG presents papers focusing on recent geological and
biological characteristics of the Lofoten-Barents Sea region. This theme
covers a wide range of studies ranging from large-scale submarine
landscape evolution to small-scale biological diversity. A common aspect
of most papers is the attempt to describe the interaction of geological
and biological processes in the Lofoten-Barents Sea region and the
implications these have for environmental changes.
Most of the research has been performed under the umbrella of the Marine
Areal Database for Norwegian Waters (MAREANO) program, its first phase
from 2005 to 2010 being funded by the Norwegian government. The main
goal of the program is to map and carry out fundamental studies on the
physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the seabed and
systematize the data in a national marine areal database for Norwegian
coastal and marine settings. The papers in this NJG issue present
selected topics of the research component within MAREANO. They are
arranged such that the first ones deal with the establishment of
submarine landscape types, a prerequisite for defining habitat
characteristics in the Barents Sea region, while the last ones describe
the climate response of various plankton types to environmental changes.
The publications is available online at:
www.geologi.no/njg/currentissue.
For more information, please go to:
http://www.geologi.no/cgi-bin/geologi/imaker?id=3799.
Or contact:
Jochen Knies
jochen.knies [at] ngu.no