Structures géologiques de la marge continentale à l'ouest du spitzberg

• Main Authors: Malod, J., Mascle, Jean
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Springer 1975
• Subjects: Histoire Ifremer; Atka; Atka Valley; Dorsale; La Dorsale; Norwegian Sea; Mer de Norvège; Spitzberg
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1975/publication-5439.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/5439/

The main structural features of the continental margin off West Spitzberg are outlined. Seaward the Atka ridge has acted like a dam for the eastward-flowing sediments and thus helped to build up a large sedimentary basin, narrowing towards the North. Magnetic and seismic data show that the Atka Vall...