Decoupling as an alternate model for transpression during the initial opening of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

Transpressive plate motions during the opening of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea were in some manner responsible for the development of Spitsbergen's Tertiary fold-and-thrust belt. A flower model has been proposed for the large-scale structural architecture of Tertiary deformation (Lowell 1972). A...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Maher Jr., Harmon D., Craddock, Campbell
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1988
Subjects:
Greenland
Greenland Sea
Polar Research
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2427
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v6i1.6855
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Summary:Transpressive plate motions during the opening of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea were in some manner responsible for the development of Spitsbergen's Tertiary fold-and-thrust belt. A flower model has been proposed for the large-scale structural architecture of Tertiary deformation (Lowell 1972). An alternate model of decoupling, where convergent and transcurrent motions were accommodated in totally or partially separated, subparallel belts is suggested.

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