Breakup Style and Magmatic Underplating West of the Lofoten Islands, Norway, Based on OBS Data

• Main Authors: Breivik, Asbjorn J., Faleide, Jan Inge, Mjelde, Rolf, Murai, Yoshio, Flueh, Ernst R.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Greenland; Lofoten; Norway; Vøring Plateau; East Greenland; Iceland; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/25565/

The breakup of the Northeast Atlantic in the Early Eocene was magma-rich, forming the major part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province (NAIP). This is seen as extrusive and intrusive magmatism in the continental domain, and as a thicker than normal oceanic crust produced the first few million years...