I.—On a Collection of Pleistocene Mammals Dredged off the Eastern Coast

1878 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-100
Author(s):  
William Davies
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Dogger Bank ◽  
The North ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Fine Collection ◽  
Pleistocene Mammals ◽  
The Many ◽  
Private Collections

Of the many private collections of vertebrate fossils found on or off the coast of the Eastern counties, none surpass in palæontological and also in geological interest the fine collection made with much zeal and care by Mr. J. J. Owles, of Yarmouth, inasmuch as the larger portion of the specimens are exclusively the remains of Postglacial Mammals, and were brought up in the fishermen’s dredge, either from, or in close proximity to the well-known Dogger Bank, thus proving conclusively the existence of submerged Pleistocene or Postglacial land lying off the Eastern coast in the North Sea. Prof. Boyd Dawkins is the only author, as far as I am at present aware, who has made any reference to this really valuable series of remains, and then only incidentally in his memoir, “On the Distribution of Postglacial Mammals.”

scholarly journals Coastal archaeologies: settlement on the changing North Sea littoral

Antiquity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 91 (358) ◽  
pp. 1095-1097
Author(s):  
Hans Peeters
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
North Sea ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Prehistoric Archaeology ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
The Many ◽  
Rising Sea Level

Over the past decade or so, the submerged prehistoric archaeology and landscapes in the area that is known to us today as the North Sea have received increasing attention from both archaeologists and earth scientists. For too long, this body of water was perceived as a socio-cultural obstacle between the prehistoric Continent and the British Isles, the rising sea level a threat to coastal settlers, and the North Sea floor itself an inaccessible submerged landscape. Notwithstanding the many pertinent and pervasive problems that the archaeology of the North Sea still needs to overcome, recent research has made clear that these rather uninspiring beliefs are misplaced.

scholarly journals Gems from Private Collections

The Geologist ◽  
1858 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 110-113
Author(s):  
J. S. Bowerbank
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
The Town ◽  
Private Collections ◽  
Organic Remains

At the extremity of a pretty bay, on the coast of Yorkshire, stands the town of Whitby, known to every geologist for the numerous treasures of organic remains which the Lias beds, there outcropping on the shore, have furnished at various times.Nor is Whitby wanting in historical associations. It was there, in Anglo-Saxon days, stood the far-famed monastery of Streones-healh, of which St. Hilda, the relative of Northumbria's powerful monarch, Edwin, was the abbess. It was there the famous council was held to decide the keeping of Easter (A.D., 664); it was on those rugged shores of the North Sea that the early stand was made by Colman on behalf of the native religion against the then increasing dominion of the Romish Church. It was there reposed the remains of Edwin, Oswy, Aelfleda, and of the Saxon Hilda herself. Associated with its monastic rule were many of the famous men of the olden times—Bosa, Aetla, Oftfor, Wilfred, and Cædmon, to whom Bede says sublime strains of poetry were so natural that he dreamed in verse, and composed in sleep that which he penned on awaking. And the history of Whitby is pleasingly associated with its geology by the legend of its saint.

GEOPHYSICAL OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH SEA

Geophysics ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest E. Cook
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Multiple Reflections ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Lateral Velocity ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea

During the last three years the discovery of the world’s second largest natural gas field at Groningen in the Netherlands has touched off in the North Sea one of the greatest competitive offshore geophysical operations in history. Before 1962, only minor amounts of geophysical work had been done there. Severe weather conditions were expected, but seismic operations have not been as much affected by weather as was originally anticipated. However, strong currents, making cable location uncertain, hampered reflection stacking and refraction operations. Location by radio was also a serious problem due to lack of sufficient available frequencies for a lane identification system. Seismic work was carried out safely in areas mapped as mine fields. Few problems with the fishing industry have so far been encountered. As a preliminary, the geophysics of the Groningen area are discussed. A gravity compilation of the North Sea shows that there are three major basins—the Northwest German Zechstein Basin, the British North Sea Basin, and the Norwegian North Sea Basin. The British Basin which contains Tertiary, Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic, Permian, Carboniferous, and older sediments shows considerable salt movement with salt domes, walls, and pillows being in evidence to within 30 miles of the eastern coast of England. Some examples of seismic record sections show the quality of data and the kind of structures encountered. Water reverberations were satisfactorily reduced by means of anti‐ringing procedures. Multiple reflections were frequently observed and often interfered with or obscured simple reflections. Refraction studies indicate that two main refractors, the Upper Cretaceous Chalk and the Upper Magnesian Limestone of the Permian, are present over most of the British Basin. Mapping the key basal Permian reflector is made difficult by deterioration of the reflection under areas of salt growth. Stacking sometimes enhances this reflection. Also intrusions of Permian salt into the Mesozoic beds give rise to large and rapid changes in thickness of the overlying low‐velocity Tertiary and high‐velocity Cretaceous chalk sections. A correction system for these large lateral velocity changes is described.

scholarly journals On the Occurrence of Squilla desmaresti in the North Sea

1902 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Jeffrey Bell
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
North Sea ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Dogger Bank ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea

So far as I have been able to discover, there is no record of the presence of this or any other Squilla in the North Sea; to make sure I inquired of Dr. Hoek, whose experience is unrivalled, and he assures me that the only record is that of an Erichtheus stage, discovered on the Dogger Bank during the cruise of the Pommerania (1872). Early in May (1901) I received through the Director of the Natural History Museum a specimen of Squilla, as to the rarity of which in the Channel he called my attention.

Late Pleistocene and Holocene depositional systems and the palaeogeography of the Dogger Bank, North Sea

2005 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Fitch ◽  
Ken Thomson ◽  
Vince Gaffney
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
North Sea ◽  
River System ◽  
Channel Network ◽  
Dogger Bank ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Meandering River ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Depositional Systems

Abstract3D seismic data from the Dogger Bank, North Sea, allow the mapping of Late Pleistocene and Holocene depositional systems in unprecedented detail. The data demonstrate that glacial processes resulted in the development of incised tunnel valley systems during the Weichselian and that these were subsequently modified by fluvial processes in a pro-glacial setting. Subsequently, the Dogger Bank formed an emergent plain during the Holocene with a complex meandering river system, associated tributary or distributary channels and lakes, dominating the region. Prior to the sea level rising sufficiently to submerge the Dogger Bank around 7500 yr ago, the meandering river system was replaced by a dendritic channel network of potential fluvial, estuarine or intertidal origin. As the Holocene depositional features bear no systematic relationship to the bathymetry this study demonstrates that previously published bathymetry-based models for the Holocene palaeogeographic development of the North Sea require modification.

Fishing for the Soul ‘Nor’ard of the Dogger’

1989 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 415-422
Author(s):  
John R. Guy
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Dogger Bank ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Fishing Fleets

The waters of the North Sea are shallow, and the weather there can be severe. On and around the Dogger Bank sudden gales cause high and heavy seas. The smacksmen of the fishing fleets in the 80s and 90s of the last century were there throughout the year on voyages which could last eight weeks, and their 50–80 ton yawl-rigged smacks were entirely at the mercy of the weather. Their fishing grounds were too far from land for them to run for shelter. They were compelled to ride out the heaviest gales or founder. In 1881 it was estimated that the North Sea fishing population numbered upwards of 12,000, the ‘Short Blue’ fleet alone consisting of 220 smacks crewed by 1,500 men.

scholarly journals Nudibranchiata Collected in the North Sea by the s.s. “Huxley” during July and August, 1907

1908 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Walton
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Coast Line ◽  
Dogger Bank ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea

During July and August, 1907 (Voyages XCII, XOIII, XCIV, XCV, and XCVI), the s.s. Huxley worked a series of stations reaching from near Cromer to St. Abb's Head more or less parallel with the coast line, and also a series further to the north, and extending around the eastern borders of the Dogger Bank.

Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) presence, abundance and distribution over the Dogger Bank, North Sea, in winter

2016 ◽  
Vol 97 (7) ◽  
pp. 1455-1465 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.-C. Cucknell ◽  
O. Boisseau ◽  
R. Leaper ◽  
R. McLanaghan ◽  
A. Moscrop
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Harbour Porpoise ◽  
Encounter Rate ◽  
Phocoena Phocoena ◽  
Survey Area ◽  
The West ◽  
Dogger Bank ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea

An area in the central North Sea was surveyed in November 2011 in order to estimate the abundance and density of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). A total of 2833 km of pre-determined trackline were acoustically surveyed, of which 28% included visual effort. The poor sighting conditions during the survey limited visual effort and demonstrated the advantage of using acoustic techniques for studying harbour porpoise in winter months. Absolute abundance and density estimates were calculated from acoustic encounter rates using estimates of probability of detection and mean group size. The density of harbour porpoises in the west of the survey area was almost double that in the east, with UK waters to the south-west of the Dogger Bank having the highest density of the area surveyed. The overall acoustic encounter rate was higher than most other surveys in the North Sea. The mean density across the survey area of 0.63 (95% CI 0.27–1.52) individuals km−2and distribution of porpoises was similar to that documented in the summer suggesting that high abundance of harbour porpoises in the west of the North Sea is not confined to summer months. This information is particularly relevant given plans for the construction of a large offshore wind farm on the UK section of the Dogger Bank; the resulting impacts, including acoustic disturbance from pile driving, will potentially affect substantial numbers of harbour porpoises.

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