Crustal structure and tectonic model of the Arctic region

O Petrov, A Morozov, S Shokalsky, S Kashubin… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a new model of the crustal and tectonic structure of the Arctic region north of 60°
N latitude, constrained as a part of the international Atlas of Geological Maps of the …

Arctic lithosphere—A review

V Pease, S Drachev, R Stephenson, X Zhang - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
This article reviews the characteristics of Arctic lithosphere and the principal tectonic events
which have shaped it. The current state-of-knowledge associated with the crust, crustal …

On the origin of the Amerasia Basin and the High Arctic Large Igneous Province—results of new aeromagnetic data

A Døssing, HR Jackson, J Matzka, I Einarsson… - Earth and Planetary …, 2013 - Elsevier
The history of the 2.5 million km2 Amerasia Basin (sensu lato) is in many ways the least
known in the global tectonic system. Radically different hypotheses proposed to explain its …

Magmatism and Eurekan deformation in the High Arctic large igneous province: 40Ar–39Ar age of Kap Washington Group volcanics, North Greenland

C Tegner, M Storey, PM Holm, SB Thorarinsson… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
The High Arctic Large Igneous Province is unusual on two counts: first, magmatism was
prolonged and has been suggested to include an initial tholeiitic phase (130–80Ma) and a …

4D Arctic: a glimpse into the structure and evolution of the Arctic in the light of new geophysical maps, plate tectonics and tomographic models

C Gaina, S Medvedev, TH Torsvik, I Koulakov… - Surveys in …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge about the Arctic tectonic structure has changed in the last decade as a
large number of new datasets have been collected and systematized. Here, we review the …

A giant circumferential dyke swarm associated with the High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP)

KL Buchan, RE Ernst - Gondwana Research, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, we identify a giant circumferential mafic dyke swarm associated with the 135–
75 Ma High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP). Previously, a HALIP giant radiating …

Circum-Arctic Lithosphere Evolution (CALE) Transect C: displacement of the Arctic Alaska–Chukotka microplate towards the Pacific during opening of the Amerasia …

EL Miller, KE Meisling, VV Akinin, K Brumley… - 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This paper synthesizes the framework and geological evolution of the Arctic Alaska–
Chukotka microplate (AACM), from its origin as part of the continental platform fringing …

The crustal structure of the Alpha Ridge at the transition to the Canadian Polar Margin: Results from a seismic refraction experiment

T Funck, HR Jackson, J Shimeld - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The crustal structure of the Alpha Ridge and its connection to the Canadian Polar Margin
was studied by a seismic refraction experiment consisting of a 350‐km‐long line almost …

The Mid Norwegian-NE Greenland conjugate margins: Rifting evolution, margin segmentation, and breakup

G Peron-Pinvidic, PT Osmundsen - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
In this contribution we review our knowledge of the regional first order geometry of the
Norwegian-Greenland Sea rift system, focusing on the evolution of the distal margins and on …

Gravity inversion predicts the nature of the Amundsen Basin and its continental borderlands near Greenland

A Døssing, TM Hansen, AV Olesen, JR Hopper… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The high-Arctic Eurekan Orogeny was caused by a northward movement of
Greenland relative to North America and Eurasia during the latest Cretaceous to late …