A SEDIMENTARY BASIN IN THE NORTHERN LABRADOR SEA
Seismic reflection profiles and bathymetric data obtained during a survey of the northern Labrador Sea delineate the structure and morphology of a sedimentary basin in the eastern part of the survey area. The sedimentary column of the basin reaches a thickness of at least 1.5 km. Within this sequenc...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.483.4258 2023-05-15T16:28:47+02:00 A SEDIMENTARY BASIN IN THE NORTHERN LABRADOR SEA G. Leonard Johnson John Campsie Mogens Rasmussen Jay Egloff Finn Dittmer John Fretag The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.483.4258 http://2dgf.dk/xpdf/bull22-01-1-6.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.483.4258 http://2dgf.dk/xpdf/bull22-01-1-6.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://2dgf.dk/xpdf/bull22-01-1-6.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T08:02:33Z Seismic reflection profiles and bathymetric data obtained during a survey of the northern Labrador Sea delineate the structure and morphology of a sedimentary basin in the eastern part of the survey area. The sedimentary column of the basin reaches a thickness of at least 1.5 km. Within this sequence an unconformity with horizontal layers overlying eastward dipping strata is observed. Evidence is presented which suggests that the sediments of the basin are mainly Mesozoic and Lower Tertiary in age. The data suggest that the basin may be a down faulted portion of the original Greenland continental block. The presence of the un-conformity might thus be explained by rapid subsidence during the early rifting history of the continental margin. A N to NW trending basement high in the northern Labrador Sea may represent the ancient spreading axis. Text Greenland Labrador Sea Unknown Greenland |
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Seismic reflection profiles and bathymetric data obtained during a survey of the northern Labrador Sea delineate the structure and morphology of a sedimentary basin in the eastern part of the survey area. The sedimentary column of the basin reaches a thickness of at least 1.5 km. Within this sequence an unconformity with horizontal layers overlying eastward dipping strata is observed. Evidence is presented which suggests that the sediments of the basin are mainly Mesozoic and Lower Tertiary in age. The data suggest that the basin may be a down faulted portion of the original Greenland continental block. The presence of the un-conformity might thus be explained by rapid subsidence during the early rifting history of the continental margin. A N to NW trending basement high in the northern Labrador Sea may represent the ancient spreading axis. |
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A SEDIMENTARY BASIN IN THE NORTHERN LABRADOR SEA |
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