Constraining shifts in North Atlantic plate motions during the Palaeocene by U-Pb dating of Svalbard tephra layers

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Morgan T. Jones, Lars E. Augland, Grace E. Shephard, Seth D. Burgess, Gauti T. Eliassen, Malte M. Jochmann, Bjarki Friis, Dougal A. Jerram, Sverre Planke, Henrik H. Svensen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Central Basin; Greenland; Svalbard; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06170-7; https://doaj.org/article/d6aff2ff8819419381a811ca24ba29b1

Abstract Radioisotopic dating of volcanic minerals is a powerful method for establishing absolute time constraints in sedimentary basins, which improves our understanding of the chronostratigraphy and evolution of basin processes. The relative plate motions of Greenland, North America, and Eurasia c...