Samples from Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of Arctic Ocean
A number of rock samples were collected from two dredge positions on the Lomonosov Ridge at water depths of 2–3.5 km. The dredge samples are dominated by sediments deformed and metamorphosed under greenschist-facies conditions 470 myr ago according to 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of metamorphic muscovite. Th...
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ftopenunivgb:oai:oro.open.ac.uk:55903 2023-06-11T04:07:38+02:00 Samples from Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of Arctic Ocean Knudsen, C. Hopper, J. R. Bierman, P. R. Bjerager, M. Funck, T. Green, P. F. Ineson, J. R. Japsen, P. Marcussen, C. Sherlock, S. C. Thomsen, T. B. 2018 https://oro.open.ac.uk/55903/ https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.17 unknown Knudsen, C.; Hopper, J. R.; Bierman, P. R.; Bjerager, M.; Funck, T.; Green, P. F.; Ineson, J. R.; Japsen, P.; Marcussen, C.; Sherlock, S. C. <http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/scs35.html> and Thomsen, T. B. (2018). Samples from Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of Arctic Ocean. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460 pp. 397–418. Journal Item None PeerReviewed 2018 ftopenunivgb https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.17 2023-05-28T05:57:38Z A number of rock samples were collected from two dredge positions on the Lomonosov Ridge at water depths of 2–3.5 km. The dredge samples are dominated by sediments deformed and metamorphosed under greenschist-facies conditions 470 myr ago according to 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of metamorphic muscovite. This shows that the Lomonosov Ridge was involved in a major Mid-Ordovician orogenic event that correlates with early arc–terrane accretion observed in northern Ellesmere Island, Svalbard, and other parts of the Caledonian belt. Detrital zircon age spectra of these metasediments span the Mesoproterozoic–Palaeoproterozoic with a main peak at around 1.6 Ga, and a pattern similar to that known from Caledonian metasedimentary rocks in East Greenland and northern Norway, as well as from Cambrian sediments in Estonia and Palaeozoic sediments on Novaya Zemlya. A second population of dredge samples comprises undeformed, non-metamorphic sandstones and siltstones. Detrital zircons in these sediments span the Palaeoproterozoic with a few Archaean zircons. Both rock types are covered by an up to 8 Ma ferromanganese crust and are evaluated to represent outcrop, and apatite fission-track data from three of the rock samples indicate that exposure at the seabed corresponds to a regional event of uplift and erosion that affected the Arctic in the Late Miocene. The data from the Lomonosov Ridge suggest that the 470 Ma orogenic event extended from Scotland and northern Scandinavia into the Arctic, including Svalbard, the Pearya Terrane and the Chukchi Borderlands. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Chukchi East Greenland Ellesmere Island Greenland Lomonosov Ridge Northern Norway Novaya Zemlya Svalbard The Open University: Open Research Online (ORO) Arctic Arctic Ocean Ellesmere Island Greenland Norway Svalbard Geological Society, London, Special Publications 460 1 397 418 |
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A number of rock samples were collected from two dredge positions on the Lomonosov Ridge at water depths of 2–3.5 km. The dredge samples are dominated by sediments deformed and metamorphosed under greenschist-facies conditions 470 myr ago according to 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of metamorphic muscovite. This shows that the Lomonosov Ridge was involved in a major Mid-Ordovician orogenic event that correlates with early arc–terrane accretion observed in northern Ellesmere Island, Svalbard, and other parts of the Caledonian belt. Detrital zircon age spectra of these metasediments span the Mesoproterozoic–Palaeoproterozoic with a main peak at around 1.6 Ga, and a pattern similar to that known from Caledonian metasedimentary rocks in East Greenland and northern Norway, as well as from Cambrian sediments in Estonia and Palaeozoic sediments on Novaya Zemlya. A second population of dredge samples comprises undeformed, non-metamorphic sandstones and siltstones. Detrital zircons in these sediments span the Palaeoproterozoic with a few Archaean zircons. Both rock types are covered by an up to 8 Ma ferromanganese crust and are evaluated to represent outcrop, and apatite fission-track data from three of the rock samples indicate that exposure at the seabed corresponds to a regional event of uplift and erosion that affected the Arctic in the Late Miocene. The data from the Lomonosov Ridge suggest that the 470 Ma orogenic event extended from Scotland and northern Scandinavia into the Arctic, including Svalbard, the Pearya Terrane and the Chukchi Borderlands. |
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Knudsen, C. Hopper, J. R. Bierman, P. R. Bjerager, M. Funck, T. Green, P. F. Ineson, J. R. Japsen, P. Marcussen, C. Sherlock, S. C. Thomsen, T. B. |
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Knudsen, C. Hopper, J. R. Bierman, P. R. Bjerager, M. Funck, T. Green, P. F. Ineson, J. R. Japsen, P. Marcussen, C. Sherlock, S. C. Thomsen, T. B. Samples from Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of Arctic Ocean |
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Knudsen, C. Hopper, J. R. Bierman, P. R. Bjerager, M. Funck, T. Green, P. F. Ineson, J. R. Japsen, P. Marcussen, C. Sherlock, S. C. Thomsen, T. B. |
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Samples from Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of Arctic Ocean |
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Samples from Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of Arctic Ocean |
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Samples from Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of Arctic Ocean |
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Samples from Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of Arctic Ocean |
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Samples from Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of Arctic Ocean |
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samples from lomonosov ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of arctic ocean |
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Knudsen, C.; Hopper, J. R.; Bierman, P. R.; Bjerager, M.; Funck, T.; Green, P. F.; Ineson, J. R.; Japsen, P.; Marcussen, C.; Sherlock, S. C. <http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/scs35.html> and Thomsen, T. B. (2018). Samples from Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of Arctic Ocean. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460 pp. 397–418. |
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