Geodynamic evolution of the Arctic Ocean during the Cenozoic: Challenges for geoscientific research

• Main Author: Jokat, Wilfried
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Svalbard; Yermak Plateau; Fram Strait; Lomonosov Ridge; North Greenland; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/20671/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.32860

The Cenozoic evolution of the Arctic Ocean is closely related to two tectonic events: the rifting of the Lomonosov Ridge from the Siberian Shelf, and the opening of the Fram Strait. The duration of the rift phase between the Lomonosov Ridge and the shelf is poorly constrained by marine data, and is...