The Yermak Plateau in the Arctic Ocean in the light of reflection seismic data-implication for its tectonic and sedimentary evolution

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Geissler, W. H., Jokat, W., Brekke, H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2011
• Subjects: Marine geosciences and applied geophysics; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Greenland; Yermak Plateau; North Greenland; Yermak plateau; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/187/3/1334; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05197.x

The separation of Northeast Greenland and Svalbard is the result of large-scale strike slip movements during Cenozoic times. Geological evidence for these movements can be found onshore both on North Greenland and Svalbard. However, the role of the submarine Yermak Plateau (YP) in this process is un...