Carboniferous sedimentary basins of northern Europe and the nature of emergence around the margins of the Mesozoic rifted sedimentary basin of the North Sea

Descriptions of the polychaete Nephtys hombergii Savigny, 1818 have encompassed a wide range of apparently intraspecific variation in taxonomic features such as the segment on which interramal cirri first occur, and the form and size of pre- and postsetal lamellae (Fauchald, 1963; Woolf, 1968; Hartmann-Schröder, 1971). During the examination of museum collections and of extensive ecological collections from the North Sea (Rainer, 1990) and from Danish waters, it was found that the name N. hombergii has been applied to three morphologically similar species, viz. N. hombergii (s.s.), N. assimilis Örsted and N. kersivalensis Mclntosh. Both are locally abundant species that may occur with N. hombergii. This paper designates a neotype of N. assimilis, provides a full description of N. assimilis and N. kersivalensis, and removes these species from synonymy with N. hombergii.

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The Contribution of River Systems to the Input of Pollutants to the Marine Environment in Northern Europe

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1984.0124 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 16 (5-7) ◽

pp. 83-94 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

R F Critchley

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Substantial Contribution ◽

Northern Europe ◽

The Baltic Sea ◽

Pollutant Load ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

Main Input ◽

The Baltic

Published information on the input of pollutants to the North Sea has been used to identify the major pollutant pathways. Rivers and atmospheric deposition are the main input routes for metals, with the Rhine/Meuse and the Elbe contributing over half the riverine input. The dumping of estuarine dredging spoils results in a very large input of metals, which cannot be fully accounted for as a redistribution of riverine material unless the river inputs have been grossly underestimated. Rivers provide the largest input route for nutrients, but a substantial contribution is also made by direct discharges to coastal waters and estuaries. Sewage sludge dumping contributes less than 5% to the pollutant load to the North Sea. Similar assessments have also been made for the Baltic Sea and the major UK estuaries.

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Introduction: ethnic associationalism and an English diaspora

The English diaspora in North America ◽

10.7228/manchester/9781526103710.003.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Tanja Bueltmann ◽

Donald M. MacRaild

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

East Coast ◽

Northern Europe ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea

In early 1953, a major storm hit parts of northern Europe, causing the North Sea to flood. Over 300 people died on land along the east coast of England, with a similar number also perishing at sea. The country’s eastern coastline was devastated, properties were severely damaged, and thousands of people had to be evacuated from their homes....

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When the sea become a monster? The social impact of the Storegga tsunami, 8200 BP, on the Mesolithic of northern Europe

10.5194/egusphere-egu21-2008 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Astrid Nyland ◽

Graeme Warren ◽

James Walker

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Social Impact ◽

Submarine Landslide ◽

Social Structures ◽

Northern Europe ◽

Archaeological Material ◽

The North ◽

The Social ◽

The North Sea ◽

Outer Coast

Around 8200 years ago, the Storegga tsunami, caused by a massive submarine landslide off the coast of Central Norway, struck the coasts of west Norway, Scotland and Doggerland. This event is well known from wide ranging geological and palaeobotanical work undertaken over the last 30 years. What has been less explored, however, is the potential social impact that this natural freak event had on the Mesolithic hunter-gatherer societies living on the coasts and shores of the North Sea. What happened in the tsunami&#8217;s aftermath? It has been widely assumed to have been a disaster &#8211; but was it? What constituted a disaster in the Mesolithic? In the Mesolithic, people were hunter-gatherer-fishers, they lived by, off, and with the sea. Settlement sites in West Norway were concentrated along the outer coast. People lived on the shores of islands and headlands, or along resource rich tidal currents. Eastern Scottish Mesolithic sites are also found on contemporary coasts, while the coasts of central Doggerland have long since become submerged. What happened to groups in these landscapes on the day the sea became a monster and in the years that followed? In this paper, we will outline a newly started project that will investigate the social impact of the tsunami in areas of the North Sea that have distinctive Mesolithic histories. These coastal inhabitants had, for millennia, developed their own traditions to engage with and learn how to exploit and keep safe from the sea. What can we learn about Mesolithic societies by investigating how communities handled the forces of a tsunami? Responses identified in the archaeological material and environmental archives can potentially inform us of social structures, institutions or ways of living that made the existing societies resilient or vulnerable.

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Storm Xaver over Europe in December 2013 and its energy meteorological impacts

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-6029 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Anthony Kettle

Keyword(s):

Storm Surge ◽

North Sea ◽

Tide Gauge ◽

Offshore Wind ◽

Northern Europe ◽

Energy Infrastructure ◽

The North ◽

Short Period ◽

The North Sea ◽

The Uk

Storm Xaver impacted the northern Europe on 5-6 December 2013. &#160;It developed southeast of Greenland and passed north of Scotland and across southern Norway on a trajectory that led to a cold air outbreak across the North Sea and intense convection activity in northern Europe.&#160; Strong sustained north winds led to a high storm surge that impacted all countries bordering the North Sea. &#160;Storm Xaver was a century scale event with certain locations around the North Sea reporting their highest ever water levels since the start of modern records.&#160; Media reports from the time of the storm chronicle the scale of the disruptions, including many cancelled flights, interrupted rail networks, closed bridges and roads, coastal building collapses, and power blackouts across northern Europe. &#160;Much of this was due to the strong winds, but coastal storm surge flooding was important in the UK, and it led to interrupted port operations around the North Sea.The storm was important for energy infrastructure and particularly for wind energy infrastructure.&#160; In the northern North Sea, petroleum platforms were evacuated and operations closed ahead of the storm as a precautionary measure.&#160; A number of onshore wind turbines were badly damaged by high winds and lightning strikes in the UK and Germany.&#160; Over the North Sea, wind speeds exceeded the turbine shutdown threshold of 25 m/s for an extended period of time, with economic impacts from the loss of power generation.&#160;&#160; In the German Bight, the FINO1 offshore wind energy research platform was damaged at the 15 m level by large waves. &#160;This was the third report of storm damage to this platform after Storm Britta in 2006 and Storm Tilo in 2007. &#160;Researchers have highlighted the need to reassess&#160; the design criteria for offshore wind turbines based on these kinds of extreme meteorological events. &#160;For the offshore wind industry, an important element of energy meteorology is to characterize both the evolving wind and wave fields during severe storms as both elements contribute to turbine loads and potential damage.The present conference contribution presents a literature review of the major events during Storm Xaver and impacts on energy infrastructure.&#160; Tide gauge records are reanalyzed to trace the progress of the storm surge wave around the North Sea.&#160; A spectral analysis is used to separate the long period storm surge component, diurnal/semidiurnal tide, and short period components in the original water level record. &#160;The short period component of the tide gauge record is important as it may be linked with infragravity waves that have been implicated in certain cases of offshore infrastructure damage in addition to coastal erosion. &#160;Discussion is made of offshore wave records during the storm.&#160; Storm Xaver is compared with two damaging offshore storms in 2006 and 2007.

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Pre-Permian sedimentary basins in the North Sea: images from reprocessed and pre-stack depth migrated MONA LISA data

Marine and Petroleum Geology ◽

10.1016/s0264-8172(02)00030-2 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 19 (5) ◽

pp. 519-526 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Gabriela Fernández Viejo ◽

Mireille Laigle ◽

César R Ranero

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Sedimentary Basins ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

Mona Lisa

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Stratigraphy of the oil and gas reservoirs: UK Continental Shelf

Geological Society London Memoirs ◽

10.1144/gsl.mem.1991.014.01.02 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 9-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stewart Brown

Keyword(s):

Continental Shelf ◽

North Sea ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Sedimentary Basins ◽

Public Domain ◽

The Public ◽

The North ◽

Marine Gravity ◽

The North Sea ◽

The Uk

The petroliferous sedimentary basins of the UK Continental Shelf are remarkable for the diversity of their reservoir strata. Reservoir rocks in fields currently in production range in age from Devonian to earliest Eocene, but significant hydrocarbon discoveries have also been made in rocks as as young as the mid-Eocene. The reservoirs are predominantly siliciclastic rocks, with facies ranging from continental fluvial and aeolian, to marine gravity flow deposits from sub-wave base environments.In this paper stratigraphic context of the producing horizons in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), principally the North Sea, is reviewed, and the sedimentation of the reservoir strata placed in an outline geological history. The main producing horizons are described in summary. Matters of stratigraphic terminology and correlation both between fields and between basins are discussed.A lithostratigraphy for the UK southern North Sea was established by Rhys (1974), and for the central and northern North Sea by Deegan & Scull (1977). Although these schemes have proved to be fairly robust, in the last 13 years the acquisition of new data plus a proliferation of new terms not fully documented in the public domain, argue strongly for a comprehensive revision and rationalization which is beyond the scope of this paper. Attempts in the public domain to standardize nomenclature across international boundaries in the North Sea, pursued by Deegan & Scull (1977) for the UK and Norwegian sectors, have lapsed for the most part in subsequent years.Economic basement in the UK North Sea can be regarded at present

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Distribution of the Cirratulid Polychaetes Dodecaceria Fimbriata, D. Concharum and D. Diceria in European Waters Between Latitudes 48°N and 70°N

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315400031337 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 76 (3) ◽

pp. 625-635 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Peter H. Gibson

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Northern Europe ◽

English Channel ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

Firth Of Forth ◽

First Time

The distribution of Dodecaceria in northern Europe was found for samples borrowed from museums and other collections. Dodecaceria fimbriata was present in the coastal waters of mainland Britain and the Continent from the English Channel northwards. Dodecaceria concharum was only found in British mainland coastal waters and on the French coast at the western end of the English Channel. It was absent where salinities were below ~34%0. The two species were sampled along the Lothian and Borders coasts and the numbers of D. concharum fell with decreasing salinity as the Firth of Forth was approached. Dodecaceria diceria was found for the first time in the North Sea at depths of 100–200 m. The benthic salinity here is ~35%0.

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Constraint of GIA in Northern Europe and the North Sea with Geological RSL and GPS Data

10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13144 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Karen Simon ◽

Riccardo Riva ◽

Bert Vermeersen

Keyword(s):

Sea Level ◽

North Sea ◽

Tide Gauge ◽

Data Driven ◽

Northern Europe ◽

Additional Measure ◽

The North ◽

Vertical Land Motion ◽

The North Sea ◽

Semi Empirical

This study focusses on improved constraint of the millennial time-scale glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) signal at present-day, and its role as a contributor to present-day sea-level budgets. The study area extends from the coastal regions of northern Europe to Scandinavia. Both Holocene relative sea level (RSL) data as well as vertical land motion (VLM) data are incorporated as constraints in a semi-empirical GIA model. Specifically, 71 geological rates of GIA-driven RSL change are inferred from Holocene proxy data. Rates of vertical land motion from GNSS at 108 sites provide an additional measure of regional GIA deformation; within the study area, the geological RSL data complement the spatial gaps of the VLM data and vice versa. Both datasets are inverted in a semi-empirical GIA model to yield updated estimates of regional present-day GIA deformations. A regional validation is presented for the North Sea, where the GIA signal may be complicated by lateral variations in Earth structure and existing predictions of regional and global GIA models show discrepancies. The model validation in the North Sea region suggests that geological data are needed to fit independent estimates of GIA-related RSL change inferred from tide gauge rates, indicating that geological rates from Holocene data can provide an important additional constraint for data-driven approaches to GIA estimation. The geological proxy rates therefore provide a unique dataset with which to complement or validate existing data-driven approaches that use satellite era rates of change.

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Constraint of GIA in Northern Europe with Geological RSL and VLM Data

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19774 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Karen Simon ◽

Riccardo Riva

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Tide Gauge ◽

Northern Europe ◽

British Isles ◽

Additional Measure ◽

Isostatic Adjustment ◽

The North ◽

Vertical Land Motion ◽

The North Sea ◽

Semi Empirical

In this study, we focus on better constraint of the long term glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) signal at present-day, and its role as a contributor to total present-day rates of change. The main study area extends from the coastal regions of northern Europe to Scandinavia. Both Holocene relative sea level (RSL) data as well as vertical land motion (VLM) data are incorporated as constraints in a semi-empirical GIA model. Specifically, 70 geological rates of GIA-driven RSL change are inferred from Holocene data; peak RSL fall is indicated in central Scandinavia and the northern British Isles where past ice sheets were thickest, RSL rise is indicated in the southern British Isles and along the northern European coastline. Rates of vertical land motion from GPS at 108 sites provide an additional measure of regional GIA deformation. Within the study area, the geological RSL data complement the spatial gaps of the VLM data and vice versa; both datasets are inverted in a semi-empirical GIA model to yield updated estimates of regional present-day GIA deformations. A regional validation is presented for the North Sea, where the GIA signal may be complicated by lateral variations in Earth structure and existing predictions of regional and global GIA models are discrepant. The model validation in the North Sea region indicates that geological data are needed to fit independent estimates of GIA-related RSL change inferred from tide gauge rates, suggesting that the geological rates provide an important additional constraint of present-day GIA.

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