The ocean/continent transition along a profile through the Lofoten basin, Northern Norway

• Published in: Marine Geophysical Researches
• Main Authors: Goldschmidt-Rokita, A., Hansch, K. J. F., Hirschleber, H. B., Iwasaki, T., Kanazawa, T., Shimamura, H., Sellevoll, M. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 1994
• Subjects: Greenland; Lofoten; Lofoten Basin; Norway; Vøring Plateau; Greenland Sea; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33192/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33192/1/lofoten.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01237514

The Cenozoic margins of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea offer ideal conditions for passive margin studies. A series of structural elements, first observed on these margins, led to the concept of volcanic passive margins. Questions still remain about the development of such features and the location of t...