Crustal structure of northwestern Svalbard and the adjacent Yermak Plateau: evidence for Oligocene detachment tectonics and non-volcanic breakup

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Ritzmann, Oliver, Jokat, Wilfried
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2003
• Subjects: Research Papers; Svalbard; Greenland; Yermak Plateau; Forlandsundet; Danskøya; Raudfjorden; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/152/1/139; https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01836.x

In 1999 new seismic refraction data were collected off northwestern Svalbard and the adjacent Yermak Plateau. A 260 km long profile provides detailed velocity information for the northeastern edge of the Eurasian Continent and the adjacent Yermak Plateau. North of Forlandsundet Graben the depth of t...