Ridge-plume interaction and differential spreading along the northern North Atlantic ridge and resulting Cenozoic compressional deformation of the NE Atlantic margin

• Main Authors: Le Breton, Eline, Cobbold, P.R., Roperch, Pierrick, Dauteuil, Olivier
• Other Authors: Géosciences Rennes (GR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.TE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Tectonics; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Greenland; Jan Mayen; Reykjanes; Jan Mayen Fracture Zone; Aegir Ridge; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00669835

International audience The northern North Atlantic ocean and its adjacent continental margins have specific and unusual features: association of the ridge with a major mantle plume, a history of ridge jump and extinction, and intraplate deformation on the margins (inverted basins and compressional d...