The first magnetotelluric image of the lithospheric-scale geological architecture in central Svalbard, Arctic Norway

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Thomas I. Beka, Maxim Smirnov, Steffen G. Bergh, Yngve Birkelund
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2015
• Subjects: Magnetotellurics; 2D modelling; lithosphere architecture; geothermal; Svalbard; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Norway; Billefjorden; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v34.26766; https://doaj.org/article/39c059ab37ab4d6b966d52aaae59e72a

Magnetotelluric data, collected from 30 stations on Spitsbergen as part of a reconnaissance geothermal resource assessment along a profile with 0.5–3-km spacing in 0.003–1000-s period range, were used to develop a lithospheric-scale two-dimensional (2D) resistivity model, heretofore unavailable for...