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A deep-sea channel system, the Lofoten Basin Channel, has been identified in the SE Lofoten Basin (Dowdeswell et al. 1996; Vorren et al. 1998). The channel represents the downslope continuation of the Andøya Canyon, located on the continental slope of northern Norway at about 70°N (Laberg et al. 2000). The channel can be followed for more than 300 km into the southwestern, deepest part of the Lofoten Basin where it terminates at a water depth slightly in excess of 3,000 m (Fig. 1).
Bathymetric map of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea showing the location of the Lofoten Basin Channel and the seismic profiles (see Fig. 2a, b)
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Laberg, J.S., Vorren, T.O. (2003). Morphology of the Lofoten Basin Channel. In: Mienert, J., Weaver, P. (eds) European Margin Sediment Dynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55846-7_15
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