Geoscience solutions for sustainable offshore wind development

APM Velenturf, AR Emery, DM Hodgson… - … Science, Systems and …, 2021 - lyellcollection.org
Low carbon energy infrastructure, such as wind and solar farms, are crucial for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and limiting global temperature rise to 1.5° C. During 2020, 5.2 …

[HTML][HTML] Ice marginal dynamics of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet in the southern North Sea: Ice limits, timing and the influence of the Dogger Bank

DH Roberts, DJA Evans, SL Callard, CD Clark… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The southern North Sea is a particularly important area for understanding the
behaviour of the British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) during the last glacial cycle. It preserves a …

A great wave: the Storegga tsunami and the end of Doggerland?

J Walker, V Gaffney, S Fitch, M Muru, A Fraser, M Bates… - Antiquity, 2020 - cambridge.org
Around 8150 BP, the Storegga tsunami struck North-west Europe. The size of this wave has
led many to assume that it had a devastating impact upon contemporaneous Mesolithic …

Marine isotope stage 4 (71–57 ka) on the Western European margin: insights to the drainage and dynamics of the Western European Ice Sheet

S Toucanne, T Rodrigues, G Menot, G Soulet… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 4 (ca. 71–57 ka; within the Middle Weichselian
Substage) is considered a significant Pleistocene glaciation, but it remains poorly …

Morphology and pattern of Quaternary sedimentation in the North Sea Basin (52–62 N)

D Ottesen, CL Batchelor, JA Dowdeswell… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Quaternary North Sea Basin, which extends from northwest mainland Europe
in the south (52° N) to the Norwegian Sea in the north (62° N), contains a thick (up to 1 km) …

[HTML][HTML] Paleocoastline modelling–What a difference a few meters of sediment make?

A Novak - Quaternary International, 2024 - Elsevier
Paleoreconstructions of coastal and near-coastal areas have always served as a tool
towards better understanding of past, present and future geological and geomorphological …

The Elbe Palaeovalley: Evolution from an ice-marginal valley to a sedimentary trap (SE North Sea)

A Özmaral, A Abegunrin, H Keil, DA Hepp… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The southeastern North Sea was a sub-aerially exposed periglacial environment
during the late Weichselian. At that time, the approximately 210 km long and 40 km wide SE …

Design aspects of suction caissons for offshore wind turbine foundations

H Sturm - Unearth the Future, Connect beyond. Proceedings of …, 2017 - ngi.brage.unit.no
This paper provides an introduction to the geotechnical design of suction caisson
foundations for Offshore Wind Turbine (OWT) foundations. It summarizes the experience …

An integrated geological characterization of the Mid‐Pleistocene to Holocene geology of the Sørlige Nordsjø II offshore wind site, southern North Sea

HE Petrie, CH Eide, H Haflidason, J Brendryen… - Boreas, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Subsurface deposits in recently glaciated marine areas are highly heterogeneous,
representing a range of glacial and postglacial environments and processes including …

Observations of the effects of a clay layer on suction bucket installation in sand

R Ragni, B Bienen, CD O'Loughlin… - … of Geotechnical and …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Suction buckets are becoming established as a viable foundation solution for offshore wind
turbines. In sand, suction-induced seepage flow reduces effective stresses at the skirt tips …