Geophysical insights and early spreading history in the vicinity of the Jan Mayen Fracture Zone, Norwegian-Greenland Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 468, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 185-205

  Gernigon, Laurent ^a   Olesen, Odleiv ^a   Ebbing, Jörg ^a   Wienecke, Susann ^b   Gaina, Carmen ^a   Mogaard, John Olav ^a   Sand, Morten ^c   Myklebust, Reidun ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^d TGS Nopec Geophysical Company ASA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic; Breakup; Jan Mayen Fracture Zone; Oceanic crust; Triple junction; Volcanic margin

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC; BREAKUP; JAN MAYEN FRACTURE ZONE; OCEANIC CRUST; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VOLCANIC MARGIN;

FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MINERALS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; FRACTURE ZONE; MAGMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; JAN MAYEN; NORWEGIAN SEA; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 62349086834     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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