The main objective of EGLACOM is the geophysical and stratigraphic high-resolution study of an ice stream dominated marine depositional system of the Arctic margin in order to reconstruct the margin evolution locally from the Pliocene to the recent-most deglaciation, and to define the sedimentary architecture and seafloor morphology as it changed through time since the onset of glacial conditions. The target study area is the southern margin of Svalbard, and in particular the glacial sedimentary system fed by the ice stream once occupying the Storfjiorden glacial trough in the northern Barents Sea. 1071 kilometres of MultiChannel Seismic profiles have been acquired using Sleeve Airguns 96-channel Sercel digital streamer.

The main objective of EGLACOM is the geophysical and stratigraphic high-resolution study of an ice stream dominated marine depositional system of the Arctic margin in order to reconstruct the margin evolution locally from the Pliocene to the recent-most deglaciation, and to define the sedimentary architecture and seafloor morphology as it changed through time since the onset of glacial conditions. The target study area is the southern margin of Svalbard, and in particular the glacial sedimentary system fed by the ice stream once occupying the Storfjiorden glacial trough in the northern Barents Sea. 1071 kilometres of MultiChannel Seismic profiles have been acquired using Sleeve Airguns 96-channel Sercel digital streamer.

The main objective of EGLACOM is the geophysical and stratigraphic high-resolution study of an ice stream dominated marine depositional system of the Arctic margin in order to reconstruct the margin evolution locally from the Pliocene to the recent-most deglaciation, and to define the sedimentary architecture and seafloor morphology as it changed through time since the onset of glacial conditions. The target study area is the southern margin of Svalbard, and in particular the glacial sedimentary system fed by the ice stream once occupying the Storfjiorden glacial trough in the northern Barents Sea. 1071 kilometres of MultiChannel Seismic profiles have been acquired using Sleeve Airguns 96-channel Sercel digital streamer.

The main objective of EGLACOM is the geophysical and stratigraphic high-resolution study of an ice stream dominated marine depositional system of the Arctic margin in order to reconstruct the margin evolution locally from the Pliocene to the recent-most deglaciation, and to define the sedimentary architecture and seafloor morphology as it changed through time since the onset of glacial conditions. The target study area is the southern margin of Svalbard, and in particular the glacial sedimentary system fed by the ice stream once occupying the Storfjiorden glacial trough in the northern Barents Sea. 1071 kilometres of MultiChannel Seismic profiles have been acquired using Sleeve Airguns 96-channel Sercel digital streamer.

"The NW Barents Sea continental margin has been the target of several surveys in the last decade: SVAIS (R/V Hesperides) in 2007, EGLACOM (R/V OGS Explora) in 2008, GLACIBAR (R/V Jan Mayen) in 2009, CORIBAR (R/V Maria S. Merian) in 2013 and PREPARED (R/V G.O. Sars) in 2014. One target of this cruise is the acquisition of a wealth of new geophysical and oceanographic data that allowed improving the knowledge on glacial and climatic history of this area. Furthermore, another objective of the EDIPO-DEGLABAR cruise is to map an underwater canal system along the continental slope off Bear Island. This channel has a strategic importance in the understanding of glacial, oceanographic and sedimentological dynamics along this margin."

The main objective of EGLACOM is the geophysical and stratigraphic high-resolution study of an ice stream dominated marine depositional system of the Arctic margin in order to reconstruct the margin evolution locally from the Pliocene to the recent-most deglaciation, and to define the sedimentary architecture and seafloor morphology as it changed through time since the onset of glacial conditions. The target study area is the southern margin of Svalbard, and in particular the glacial sedimentary system fed by the ice stream once occupying the Storfjiorden glacial trough in the northern Barents Sea. 1071 kilometres of MultiChannel Seismic profiles have been acquired using Sleeve Airguns 96-channel Sercel digital streamer.