Morphology and Structure of the Southern Labrador Sea

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Egloff, J., Johnson, G. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1975
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Reykjanes; Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel; West Thulean Rise; Iceland; Labrador Sea; Northeast Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e75-186; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e75-186

Geophysical surveys since 1971 and sounding data reveal the morphology and structures of the southern Labrador Sea. Ran Ridge and older mid-Labrador Sea crustal basement are well-defined. The West Thulean Rise (pre-60 Ma BP), counterpart to the Thulean Rise of the Northeast Atlantic, extends between...