Thermal Development and Rejuvenation of the Marginal Plateaus Along the Transtensional Volcanic Margins of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

• Main Author: Okay, Nilgun
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: CUNY Academic Works 1995
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Greenland; Jan Mayen; Jan Mayen Fracture Zone; Knipovich Ridge; Mosby Peak; Nordaustlandet; Senja; Svalbard; Yermak Plateau; Greenland Sea; Yermak plateau; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3901; https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4964&context=gc_etds

The predominance of large-scale paleo-shear zones in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea is thought to be the major cause of asymmetric seafloor spreading in this region. Plate reconstructions suggest that nascent mid-ocean ridges propagated into these obliquely oriented shear zones causing transtension to...