The Norway Basin revisited: From continental breakup to spreading ridge extinction

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-19

  Gernigon, L ^a   Gaina, C ^a,d   Olesen, O ^a   Ball, P J ^b   Peron Pinvidic G ^a   Yamasaki, T ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic survey; Breakup; Cenozoic; Continent ocean transition; Microcontinent; Norway Basin; Oceanic crust; Volcanic margin

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEYS; CENOZOIC; CONTINENT-OCEAN TRANSITION; MICROCONTINENT; NORWAY BASIN; OCEANIC CRUST; VOLCANIC MARGIN;

DROP BREAKUP; SURVEYS; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EOCENE; FAULTING; FRACTURE ZONE; OCEANIC CRUST; OLIGOCENE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

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

EID: 84861705364     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.02.015     Document Type: Review

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