The Structural Development of the Vestbakken Volcanic Province, Western Barents Sea. Relation Between Faults and Folds

• Main Author: Giannenas, Panagiotis Athanasios
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Faults and Folds; Inversion structures; Vestbakken Volcanic Province; Western Barents Sea; Barents Sea; Greenland; Knipovich Ridge; Vestbakken; Greenland Sea; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/64543; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-66933

An eastward (releasing) bend in the Eocene dextral Barents Shear Margin gave rise to the formation of the Vestbakken Volcanic Province. The area has been affected by complex tectonics and both extensional and contractional structures are observed. This thesis focuses on the analysis of structural st...