The Initiation of Opening of the Norwegian Sea

• Main Authors: Talwani, M, Mutter, J, Eldholm, O
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Gauthier-Villars 1981
• Subjects: Lofoten; Lofoten Basin; Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00245/35669/34177.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00245/35669/

Multichannel seismic reflection profiling has revealed that the basalt layer on the Outer Voring Plateau is underlain in places by steeply dipping layered reflectors. Two opposing theories have been considered for the origin of the layered reflectors: (1) They are Mesozoic sediments deposited before...