Crustal and basin evolution of the southwestern Barents Sea: from Caledonian orogeny to continental breakup

• Published in: Tectonics
• Main Authors: Gernigon, L, Brönner, M, Roberts, D, Olesen, O, Nasuti, A, Yamasaki, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2014
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Norway; Bjørnøya; Loppa; Finnmark
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/80005/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/80005/1/Yamasaki%20T%20-%20Crustal%20and%20basin%20evolution%20of%20the%20southwestern%20Barents%20Sea.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2013TC003439

A new generation of aeromagnetic data documents the post-Caledonide rift evolution of the southwestern Barents Sea (SWBS) from the Norwegian mainland up to the continent-ocean transition. We propose a geological and tectonic scenario of the SWBS in which the Caledonian nappes and thrust sheets, well...