Differential spreading along the northern North Atlantic ridge and resulting intraplate deformation of the adjacent continental margins

• Main Authors: Le Breton, Eline, Cobbold, Peter R., Roperch, Pierrick, Dauteuil, Olivier
• Other Authors: Géosciences Rennes (GR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre Armoricain de Recherches en Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.TE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Tectonics; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Aegir Ridge; Greenland; Jan Mayen; Jan Mayen Fracture Zone; Norway; Reykjanes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00609439

International audience The northern North Atlantic and its adjacent continental margins have specific and uncommon features: location of the ridge on a major mantle plume, a history of ridge jump and extinction, and intraplate deformation on the margins (inverted basins and compressional domes). Rec...