From Craton to Present Mountains - The Scandinavian Lithosphere Imaged by Rayleigh Surface Waves and Ambient Noise

• Main Author: Mauerberger, Alexandra
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Freie Universität Berlin 2022
• Subjects: Surface waves; Azimuthal anisotropy; Tomography; Scandinavia; Baltic Shield; Lithosphere; Isostasy; Topography; 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie554 Geowissenschaften Europas; Norway; Pratt; karelia*; Northern Finland; Norrbotten
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-34051; https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/34334

The Scandes mountain range along the western rim of the Archean Baltic craton with elevation up to 2500 m forms an exceptional setting as the orogeny terminated 420 Ma ago and the Caledonides were deeply eroded afterwards. Since this region lacks recent compressional tectonic forces, a comprehensive...