The crust and mantle lithosphere in the Barents Sea/Kara Sea region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 470, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 89-104

  Ritzmann, Oliver ^a   Faleide, Jan Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Density; Sedimentary basins; Seismic velocity; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

BARENTS SEA; DENSITY; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

EARTHQUAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SETTLING TANKS; VELOCITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MODELING; S-WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; KARA SEA;

EID: 67349219663     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

References (90)

1. Aplonov S. An aborted Triassic ocean in West Siberia. Tectonics 7 6 (1988) 1103-1122
2. Aplonov S.V., Shmelev G.B., and Krasnov D.K. Geodynamics of the Barents-Kara Shelf: geophysical evidence. Geotectonics 30 4 (1996) 309-326
3. Artemieva I.M. Lithospheric structure, composition, and thermal regime of the East European Craton: implications for the subsidence of the Russian platform. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 213 (2003) 431-446
4. Artemieva I.M., and Mooney W.D. Thermal thickness and evolution of Precambrian lithosphere: a global study. J. Geophys. Res. 106 8 (2001) 16387-16414
5. Artemieva I.M., Thybo H., and Kaban M.K. Deep Europe today: geophysical synthesis of the upper mantle structure and lithosphere processes over 3.5 Ga. In: Gee D.G., and Stephenson R.A. (Eds). European Lithosphere Dynamics. Geol. Soc. Lon. Mem. vol. 32 (2006), Geological Society, London 111-114
6. Artyushkov E.V. The formation mechanism of the Barents Basin. Russ. Geol. Geophys. 46 7 (2005) 700-713
7. Baird D.J., Knapp J.H., Steer D.N., Brown L.D., and Nelson K.D. Upper-mantle reflectivity beneath the Williston Basin, phase-change Moho, and the origin of intracratonic basins. Geology 23 5 (1995) 431-434
8. Bally A.E., and Snelson S. Realms of subsidence. In: Miall A.D. (Ed). Facts and principles of world petroleum occurrence. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir vol. 6 (1980), Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary 9-94
9. Balyshev S.O., and Ivanov A.V. Low-density anomalies in the Mantle: ascending plumes and/or heated fossil lithospheric plates?. Doklady Earth Sci. 380 7 (2001) 858-862
10. Bassin C., Laske G., and Masters G. The current limits of resolution for surface wave tomography in North America. EOS Transactions AGU 81 48 (2000) 897
11. Bedle H., and van der Lee S. Fossil flat-slab subduction beneath the Illinois basin, USA. Tectonophysics 424 (2006) 53-68
12. Bogatsky, V.I., Bogdanov, N.A., Kostyuchenko, S.I., Senin, B.V., Sobolev, S.F., Shipilov, E.V., Khain, V.E., 1996. Explanatory notes for the tectonic map of the Barents Sea and the northern part of European Russia, Scale 1:2500000, edited by N.A. Bogdanov and V.E. Khain. Institute of the Lithosphere, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
13. Bogolepov A.K., Golionko G.B., and Nechkhayev S.A. Deep geological structure of the Kara Sea. Sov. Geol. Geophys. 31 6 (1990) 25-31
14. Breivik A.J., Gudlaugsson S.T., and Faleide J.I. Ottar Basin, SW Barents Sea: a major Upper Palaeozoic rift basin containing large volumes of deeply buried salt. Basin Research 7 (1995) 299-312
15. Breivik A.J., Mjelde R., Grogan P., Shimamura H., Murai Y., Nishimura Y., and Kuwano A. A possible Caledonide arm through the Barents Sea imaged by OBS data. Tectonophysics 355 (2002) 67-97
16. Brown D., Puchkov V., Alvarez-Marron J., Bea F., and Perez-Estaun A. Tectonic processes in the Southern and Middle Urals: an overview. In: Gee D.G., and Stephenson R.A. (Eds). European Lithosphere Dynamics. Geol. Soc. Lon. Mem. vol. 32 (2006), Geological Society, London 407-419
17. Bruneton M., Pedersen H.A., Vacher P., Kukkonen I.T., Arndt N.T., Funke S., Friederich W., Farra V., and SVEKALAPKO Seismic Tomography Working Group. Layered lithospheric mantle in the central Baltic Shield from surface wave and xenolith analysis. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 226 (2004) 51-52
18. Carlson R.W., Pearson D.G., and James D.E. Physical, chemical, and chronological characteristics of continental mantle. Rev. Geophys. 43 (2005) RG1001 10.1029/2004RG000156
19. Catchings R.D. Regional Vp, Vs, Vp/Vs, and Poisson's Ratios across Earthquake Zones from Memphis, Tennessee, to St. Louis, Missouri. Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 89 6 (1999) 1591-1605
20. Cella F., de Lorenzo S., Fedi M., Loddo M., Mongelli F., Rapolla A., and Zito G. Temperature and density of the Tyrrhenian lithosphere and slab and new interpretation of gravity field in the Tyrrhenian Basin. Tectonophysics 412 (2006) 27-47
21. Christensen N.I., and Mooney W.D. Seismic velocity structure and composition of the continental crust: a global view. J. Geophys. Res. 100 B7 (1995) 9761-9788
22. Cloetingh S. Intraplate stresses: a new tectonic mechanism for fluctuations of relative sea level. Geology 14 (1986) 617-620
23. Czamanske G.K., Gurevitch A.B., Fedorenko V., and Simonov O. Demise of the Siberian plume: paleogeographic and paleotectonic reconstruction from the prevolcanic and volcanic record. Int. Geol. Rev. 40 (1998) 95-115
24. Dixon J.E., Dixon T.H., Bell D.R., and Malservisi R. Lateral variation in upper mantle viscosity: role of water. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 222 (2004) 451-467
25. Doré A.G. The structural foundation and evolution of Mesozoic seaways between Europe and the Arctic. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 87 (1991) 441-492
26. Dziewonski A.M., and Anderson D.L. Preliminary reference Earth model. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 25 4 (1981) 297-356
27. Ebbing J., Braitenberg C., and Wienecke S. Insights into the lithospheric structure and the tectonic setting of the Barents Sea region by isostatic considerations. Geophys. J. Int. 171 (2007) 1390-1403 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03602.x
28. Elkins Tanton L.T., and Hager B.H. Melt intrusion as a trigger for lithospheric foundering and the eruption of the Siberian flood basalts. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27 23 (2000) 3937-3940
29. English J.M., Johnston S.T., and Wang K. Thermal modelling of the Laramide orogeny: testing the flat-slab subduction hypothesis. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 214 (2003) 619-632
30. Faleide J.I., Vagnes E., and Gudlaugsson S.T. Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the south-western Barents Sea in a regional rift-shear tectonic setting. Mar. Petr. Geol. 10 (1993) 186-214
31. Faleide J.I., Ritzmann O., Weidle C., Levshin A., and Gee D. Linking Eastern Barents Sea basin formation to the deep crustal and upper mantle structure. Eos Trans. AGU 87 52 (2006) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T31B-0441
32. Fukao Y., Widiyantoro S., and Obayashi M. Stagnated slabs in the upper and lower mantle transition region. Rev. Geophys. 39 3 (2001) 291-323
33. Gee D.G., and Pease V. The Neoproterozoic Timanide Orogen of eastern Baltica: introduction. In: Gee D.G., and Pease V. (Eds). The Neoproterozoic Timanide Orogen of Eastern Baltica. Geol. Soc. London Mem. vol. 30 (2004), Geological Society, London 1-3
34. Goes S., Govers R., and Vacher P. Shallow mantle temperatures under Europe from P and S wave tomography. J. Geophys. Res. 105 B5 (2000) 11153-11186
35. Grand S.P. Mantle shear-wave tomography and the fate of subducted slabs. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lon. 360 (2002) 2475-2491
36. Gudlaugsson S.T., Faleide J.I., Johansen S.E., and Breivik A.J. Late paleozoic structural development of the South-western Barents Sea. Mar. Petr. Geol. 15 (1998) 73-102
37. 2O-contents. J. Geophys. Res. 108 B1 (2003) 2029 10.1029/2001JB001127
38. Ivanova N.M., Sakoulina T.S., and Roslov Yu.V. Deep seismic investigations across the Barents-Kara region and Novozemelskiy Fold Belt (Arctic Shelf). Tectonophysics 420 (2006) 123-140
39. Jackson, H.R. (compiler), 2002. Arctic Refraction Catalogue of the Geological Survey of Canada, http://gsca.nrcan.gc.ca/databases/arctic/index_e.php.
40. James D.E., Fouch M.J., VanDecar J.C., van der Lee S., and Kaapvaal Seismic Group. Tectospheric structure beneath southern Africa. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28 13 (2001) 2485-2488
41. Jarvis G.T., and McKenzie D.P. Sedimentary basin formation with finite extension rates. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 48 (1980) 42-52
42. Jaupart C., and Mareschal J.C. The thermal structure and thickness of continental roots. Lithos 48 (1999) 93-114
43. Jaupart C., and Mareschal J.C. Heat flow and thermal structure of the lithosphere. In: Watts A.B. (Ed). Crust and Lithosphere Dynamics. Treatise on Geophysics vol. 6 (2007), Elsevier, Amsterdam 217-250
44. Johansen S.E., Ostisty B.K., Birkeland Ø., Fedorovsky Y.F., Martirosjan N., Bruun Christensen O., Cheredeev S.I., Ignatenko A.A., and Margulis M. Hydrocarbon potential in the Barents Sea region: play distribution and potential. In: Vorren T.O., Bergsaker E., Dahl-Stamnes Ø.A., Holter E., Johansen B., Lie E., and Lund T.N. (Eds). Arctic geology and petroleum potential, NPF Special Publication vol. 2 (1993), Elsevier, Amsterdam 273-320
45. Jordan T.H. Composition and development of the continental tectosphere. Nature 274 (1978) 544-548
46. Kaban M.K., Schwintzer P., Artemieva I.M., and Mooney W.D. Density of continental roots: compositional and thermal contributions. Earth Planet. Sci. Let. 209 (2003) 53-69
47. Khutorskoi M.D., Podgornykh L.V., Gramberg I.S., and Leonov Yu.G. Thermal tomography of the West Arctic Basin. Geotectonics 37 3 (2003) 245-260
48. Klein G.deV., and Hsui A.T. Origin of cratonic basins. Geology 15 (1987) 1094-1098
49. Kostyuchenko S., Sapozhnikov R., Egorkin A., Gee D.G., Berzin R., and Solodilov L. Crustal structure and tectonic model of northeastern Baltica, based on deep seismic and potential field data. In: Gee D.G., and Stephenson R.A. (Eds). European Lithosphere Dynamics. Geol. Soc. Lon. Mem. vol. 32 (2006), Geological Society, London 521-539
50. Kukkonen I.T. Temperature and heat flow density in a thick cratonic lithosphere: the SVEKA transect, central Fennoscandian Shield. J. Geodyn. 1 (1998) 111-136
51. Kukkonen I.T., and Peltonen P. Xenolith-controlled geotherm for the central Fennoscandian Shield: implications for the lithosphere-asthenosphere relations. Tectonophysics 304 (1999) 301-315
52. Lee C.-T.A. Compositional variation of density and seismic velocities in natural peridotites at STP conditions: implications for seismic imaging of compositional heterogeneities in the upper mantle. J. Geophys. Res. 108 B9 (2003) 2441 10.1029/2003JB002413
53. Leighton M.W., and Kolata D.R. Selected interior cratonic basins and their place in the scheme of global tectonics; a synthesis. AAPG Memoir 51 (1990) 729-797
54. Levshin A.L., Schweitzer J., Weidle C., Shapiro N.M., and Ritzwoller M.H. Surface wave tomography of the Barents Sea and surrounding region. Geophys. J. Int 170 1 (2007) 441-459
55. Lippard S.J., Shelton A.W., and Gass I.G. The Ophiolite of Northern Oman (1986), Geol. Soc. of London, London 178 pp.
56. Mjelde R., Breivik A.J., Elstad H., Ryseth A.E., Skilbrei J.R., Opsal J.G., Shimamura H., Murai Y., and Nishimura Y. Geological development of the Sørvestnaget Basin, SW Barents Sea, from ocean-bottom seismic, surface seismic and potential field data. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 82 3 (2002) 183-202
57. Mooney W.D., Laske G., and Masters T.G. CRUST5.1: a global crustal model at 5° × 5°. J. Geophys. Res. 103 B1 (1998) 727-747
58. Morozova E.A., Morozov I.B., and Smithson S.B. Heterogeneity of the uppermost mantle beneath Russian Eurasia from the ultra-long-range profile QUARTZ. J. Geophys. Res. 104 B9 (1999) 20329-20348
59. Myklebust, R., 1994. Magnetic mapping of the Barents Sea (MMBS) - Interpretation report. Unpublished Report, Amarok A.S., Oslo, Norway.
60. Ohta Y., Dallmeyer R.D., and Peucat J.I. Caledonian terranes in Svalbard. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Pap. 230 (1989) 1-15
61. O'Leary N., White N., Tull S., Bashiov V., Kuprin V., Natapov L., and Macdonald D. Evolution of the Timan-Pechora and South Barents Sea basins. Geol. Mag. 141 2 (2004) 141-160
62. Pavlenkova G.A., Priestley K., and Cipar J. 2D model of the crust and uppermost mantle along rift profile, Siberian craton. Tectonophysics 355 (2002) 171-186
63. Perchuc E., and Thybo H. A new model of upper mantle P-wave velocity below the Baltic Shield: indication of partial melt in the 95 to 160 depth range. Tectonophysics 253 (1996) 227-245
64. Pollack H.N., Hurter S.J., and Johnson J.R. Heat flow from the Earth's interior: analysis of the global data set. Rev. Geophys. 31 3 (1993) 267-280
65. Poudjom Djomani Y.H., O'Reilly S.Y., Griffin W.L., and Morgan P. The density structure of subcontinental lithosphere through time. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 184 (2001) 605-621
66. Quinlan G. Models of subsidence mechnisms in intracratonic basins and their applicability to North American examples. Can. Soc. Petr. Geol. Mem. 12 (1987) 463-481
67. Ramsay D.M., Sturt B.A., Zwaan K.B., and Roberts D. Caledonides of northern Norway. In: Gee D.G., and Sturt B.A. (Eds). The Caledonian Orogen - Scandinavia and related areas, Part 1 (1985), John Wiley & Sons, Chichester 164-183
68. Reichow M.K., Saunders A.D., White R.V., Al'Mukhamedov A.I., and Medvedev A.Ya. Geochemistry and petrogenesis of basalts from the West Siberian Basin: an extension of the Permo-Triassic Siberian Traps, Russia. Lithos 79 (2005) 425-452
69. Renne P.R., and Basu A.R. Rapid eruption of the Siberian Traps flood basalts at the Permo-Triassic boundary. Science 253 (1991) 176-179
70. Ritsema J., van Heijst H.J., and Woodhouse H.J. Global transition zone tomography. J. Geophys. Res. 109 B2 (2004) B02302 10.1029/2003JB002610
71. Ritzmann O., Faleide J.I., Planke S., and Myklebust R. Geophysical structure of the Barents Sea crust and upper mantle compared to western Siberia. Geophysical Research Abstracts EGU General Assembly 2007 vol. 9 (2007) 07958
72. Ritzmann O., Maercklin N., Faleide J.I., Bungum H., Mooney W.D., and Detweiler S.T. A 3D geophysical model of the crust in the Barents Sea region: model construction and basement characterisation. Geophys. J. Int 170 1 (2007) 417-435
73. Ritzmann O., and Faleide J.I. Caledonian basement of the western Barents Sea. Tectonics 26 (2007) TC5014 10.1029/2006TC002059
74. Roberts D., and Gee D.G. An introduction to the structure of Scandinavia Caledonides. In: Gee D.G., and Sturt B.A. (Eds). The Caledonian Orogen - Scandinavia and related areas, Part 1 (1985), John Wiley & Sons, Chichester 55-68
75. Rosen O.M., Condie K.C., Natapov L.M., and Nozhkin A.D. Archean and early Proterozoic evolution of the Siberian Craton: a preliminary assessment. In: Condie K. (Ed). Archean Crustal Evolution (1994), Elsevier, Amsterdam 411-459
76. Ryberg T., Wenzel F., Mechie J., Egorkin A., Fuchs K., and Solodilov L. Two-dimensional velocity structure beneath Northern Eurasia derived from super long-range seismic profile QUARTZ. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 82 3 (1996) 857-867
77. Sakoulina T.S., Roslov Yu.V., and Ivanova N.M. Deep seismic investigations in the Barents and Kara Seas. Phys. Solid Earth 39 6 (2003) 438-452
78. Saunders A.D., England R.W., Reichow M.K., and White R.V. A mantle plume origin for the Siberian traps: uplift and extension of the West Siberian Basin, Russia. Lithos 79 (2005) 407-424
79. Schweitzer J., and Kennett B.L.N. Comparison of location procedures - the Kara Sea Event of 16 August 1997. Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 97 2 (2007) 389-400
80. Shapiro N.M., and Ritzwoller M.H. Monte-Carlo inversion for a global shear-velocity model of the crust and upper mantle. Geophys. J. Int. 151 (2002) 88-105
81. Stel H., Cloetingh S., Heeremans M., and van der Beek P. Anorogenic granites, magmatic underplating and the origin of intracratonic basins in a non-extensional setting. Tectonophysics 266 (1993) 285-299
82. Stephenson R.A., Yegorova T., Brunet M.-F., Stovba S., Wilson M., Starostenko V., Saintot A., and Kusnir N. In: Gee D.G., and Stephenson R.A. (Eds). European Lithosphere Dynamics. Geol. Soc. Lon. Mem. vol. 32 (2006), Geological Society, London 463-479
83. Stern R.J. Subduction zones. Rev. Geophys. 40 4 (2002) 1012 10.1029/2001RG000108
84. Stille H. Die assyntische Tektonik im geologischen Erdbild. Beihefte zum Geologischen Jahrbuch, 22, Amt fuer Bodenforschung (1958), Hannover
85. Sturt B.A., Pringle I.R., and Roberts D. Caledonian nappes sequence of Finnmark, Northern Norway, and the timing of orogenic deformation and metamorphism. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 86 (1975) 710-718
86. Tsikalas, F., 1992. A study of seismic velocity, density and porosity in Barents Sea wells (N. Norway). Cand Scient. Thesis, Department of Geology, University of Oslo, 169 pp.
87. Turchotte D.L., and Schubert G. Geodynamics (2002), Cambridge University Press, New York 456
88. Verba M.L., Daragan-Sushchova L.A., and Pavlenkin A.D. Riftogenic structures of the western arctic shelf investigated by refraction studies. Int. Geol. Rev. 34 8 (1992) 753-764
89. Vyssotski A.V., Vyssotski V.N., and Nezhdanov A.A. Evolution of the West Siberian Basin. Mar. Petr. Geol. 23 (2006) 93-126
90. Zonenshain L.P., Kuzmin M.I., and Natapov L.M. Geology of the USSR: a plate tectonic sythesis. Geodynamic Series vol. 21 (1990), Americam Geophysical Union, Washington DC 242