Analogue experiments on releasing and restraining bends and their application to the study of the Barents Shear Margin

• Main Authors: Gabrielsen, Roy Helge, Giennenas, Panagiotis Athanasios, Sokoutis, Dimitrios, Willingshofer, Ernst, Hassaan, Muhammad, Faleide, Jan Inge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Barents Sea; Hornsund; Senja; Svalbard; Vestbakken; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-10; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00064396; https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/egusphere-2023-10/egusphere-2023-10.pdf

The Barents Shear Margin separates the Svalbard and Barents Sea from the North Atlantic. It includes one northern (Hornsund Fault Zone) and a southern (Senja Fracture Zone) margin segment in which structuring was dominated by dextral shear. These segments are separated by the Vestbakken Volcanic Pro...