Review of seismicity and other geophysical data near Nares Strait

• Published in: Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience
• Main Authors: Wetmiller, Robert J., Forsyth, David A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 1982
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Greenland; Nares; Baffin; Lincoln Sea; Nares strait; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/139586

Nares Strait is aseismic even to small magnitude levels, in contrast to nearby active areas in Baffin Bay, the Lincoln Sea and the Sverdrup Basin. Activity immediately to the south of the Strait is infrequent and minor. The nature of Lg propagation suggests a discontinuity in the continental crust a...