Deep structure of the Armorican Basin (Bay of Biscay): a review of Norgasis seismic reflection and refraction data

• Published in: Journal of the Geological Society
• Main Authors: Thinon, Isabelle, Matias, Luis, Réhault, Jean-Pierre, Hirn, Alfred, Fidalgo-González, Luis, Avedik, Félix
• Other Authors: Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM), Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA), Domaines Océaniques (LDO), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers-Institut d'écologie et environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-IPG PARIS-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2003
• Subjects: Bay of Biscay; passive margins; transition zones; rifting; crustal thinning; OCEAN-CONTINENT BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; NORTH-ATLANTIC; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Long Ridge; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal-brgm.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00647845; https://hal-brgm.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00647845/document; https://hal-brgm.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00647845/file/Thinon_SGL_2003_draft.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-764901-103

International audience The Bay of Biscay is bounded to the North by the North Biscay margin, which comprises the Western Approaches and Armorican segments. In the 1970s and 1980s, most researchers considered this margin typical of a non-volcanic passive margin: It is characterized by a striking succ...