Principal tectonic events in the evolution of the northwest European Atlantic margin

AG Doré, ER Lundin, LN Jensen… - Geological society …, 1999 - lyellcollection.org
The Atlantic margin of the Norwegian, Faeroese, British and Irish sectors encompasses
numerous basins which vary in character, but are related in terms of their evolution as part of …

U–Pb age, setting and tectonic significance of the anorthosite–mangerite–charnockite–granite suite, Lofoten–Vesterålen, Norway

F Corfu - Journal of Petrology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Mangerites, charnockites, anorthosites, gabbros and granites occur within a high-grade
metamorphic complex in the Lofoten–Vesterålen islands of northern Norway. U–Pb dating of …

Structure of the Scandes lithosphere from surface to depth

J Ebbing, RW England, T Korja, T Lauritsen, O Olesen… - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
In this review we give an overview of geophysical data and models available for the
Scandinavian mountains and adjacent areas, as they are of relevance to the debate about …

North Atlantic sea-floor spreading rates: implications for the Tertiary development of inversion structures of the Norwegian–Greenland Sea

J Mosar, G Lewis, TH Torsvik - Journal of the Geological Society, 2002 - lyellcollection.org
The Tertiary development of the Norwegian continental margin was dominated by the
opening of the Arctic–North Atlantic Ocean. The correct identification of magnetic anomalies …

New aeromagnetic and gravity compilations from Norway and adjacent areas: methods and applications

O Olesen, M Brönner, J Ebbing, J Gellein… - Geological Society …, 2010 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) has produced new aeromagnetic and
gravity maps from Norway and adjacent areas, compiled from ground, airborne and satellite …

Late Cretaceous–Cenozoic fracturing in Lofoten, North Norway: Tectonic significance, fracture mechanisms and controlling factors

K Eig, SG Bergh - Tectonophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
The Lofoten Ridge is a fault-controlled basement horst residing between Mesozoic basins
on the North Norwegian passive margin. This major horst and the adjacent offshore basin …

[PDF][PDF] The Lofoten-Vesterålen continental margin: a multiphase Mesozoic-Palaeogene rifted shelf as shown by offshore-onshore brittle fault-fracture analysis.

SG Bergh, K Eig, OS Kløvjan… - Norwegian Journal of …, 2007 - researchgate.net
The Lofoten-Vesterålen continental margin (Fig. 1) marks the transition between the much
wider, passive continental Møre-Vøring margin (Blystad et al. 1995; Brekke 2000) and the …

Caledonian basement of the western Barents Sea

O Ritzmann, JI Faleide - Tectonics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Major crustal units in the western Barents Sea have been defined on the basis of depth‐
converted seismic reflection data, gravity and magnetic anomaly data. The seismic data …

The 2.40 Ga Ringvassøy mafic dykes, West Troms Basement Complex, Norway: the concluding act of early Palaeoproterozoic continental breakup

K Kullerud, KP Skjerlie, F Corfu, JD de la Rosa - Precambrian Research, 2006 - Elsevier
A north to northwest trending mafic dyke swarm of gabbronoritic and gabbroic composition
makes up a significant part of the Archean basement on the island of Ringvassøy in northern …

[PDF][PDF] Bridging the gap between the onshore and offshore geology in Nordland, northern Norway

O Olesen, E Lundin, O Nordgulen… - Norsk geologisk …, 2002 - academia.edu
We have utilised potential field data in combination with seismic interpretation and bedrock
mapping to improve the understanding of basement structures and rifting processes on the …