North Atlantic sea-floor spreading rates: implications for the Tertiary development of inversion structures of the Norwegian–Greenland Sea

• Main Authors: Mosar, Jon, Lewis, Gavin, Torsvik, Trond H.
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Kolbeinsey; Reykjanes; Greenland Sea; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://doc.rero.ch/record/4928/files/1_mosar_nas.pdf

Tertiary development of the Norwegian continental margin was dominated by the opening of the Arctic–North Atlantic Ocean. The correct identification of magnetic anomalies and their ages and the analysis of spreading rates during the formation of this ocean are important in understanding the developm...