Reconstructions of the continents around the North Atlantic at about the 60th parallel
Late Carboniferous–Early Tertiary apparent polar wander (APW) paths (300–40 Ma) for North America and Europe have been tested in various reconstructions. These paths demonstrate that the 500 fathom Bullard et al. fit is excellent from Late Carboniferous to Late Triassic times, but the continental co...
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ftreroch:oai:doc.rero.ch:20050720153133-BS 2023-05-15T15:38:43+02:00 Reconstructions of the continents around the North Atlantic at about the 60th parallel Torsvik, Trond H. Van der Voo, Rob Meert, Joseph G. Mosar, Jon Walderhaug, Harald J. 2005-07-20T13:32:32Z http://doc.rero.ch/record/4931/files/1_mosar_rcn.pdf eng eng http://doc.rero.ch/record/4931/files/1_mosar_rcn.pdf 2005 ftreroch 2023-02-16T17:21:41Z Late Carboniferous–Early Tertiary apparent polar wander (APW) paths (300–40 Ma) for North America and Europe have been tested in various reconstructions. These paths demonstrate that the 500 fathom Bullard et al. fit is excellent from Late Carboniferous to Late Triassic times, but the continental configuration in northern Pangea changed systematically between the Late Triassic (ca. 214 Ma) and the Mid-Jurassic (ca. 170 Ma) due to pre-drift extension. Best fit North Atlantic reconstructions minimize differences in the Late Carboniferous–Early Jurassic and Late Cretaceous–Tertiary segments of the APW paths, but an enigmatic difference exists in the paths for most of the Jurassic, whereas for the Early Cretaceous the data from Europe are nearly non-existent. Greenland’s position is problematic in a Bullard et al. fit, because of a Late Triassic–Early Jurassic regime of compression (>300 km) that would be inherently required for the Norwegian Shelf and the Barents Sea, but which is geologically not defensible. We suggest a radically new fit for Greenland in between Europe and North America in the Early Mesozoic. This fit keeps Greenland ‘locked’ to Europe for the Late Paleozoic–Early Mesozoic and maintains a reconstruction that better complies with the offshore geological history of the Norwegian Shelf and the Barents Sea. Pre-drift (A24) extension amounted to approximately 450 km on the Mid-Norwegian Shelf but with peak extension in the Late Cretaceous. Other/Unknown Material Barents Sea Greenland North Atlantic RERO DOC Digital Library Barents Sea Greenland |
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Late Carboniferous–Early Tertiary apparent polar wander (APW) paths (300–40 Ma) for North America and Europe have been tested in various reconstructions. These paths demonstrate that the 500 fathom Bullard et al. fit is excellent from Late Carboniferous to Late Triassic times, but the continental configuration in northern Pangea changed systematically between the Late Triassic (ca. 214 Ma) and the Mid-Jurassic (ca. 170 Ma) due to pre-drift extension. Best fit North Atlantic reconstructions minimize differences in the Late Carboniferous–Early Jurassic and Late Cretaceous–Tertiary segments of the APW paths, but an enigmatic difference exists in the paths for most of the Jurassic, whereas for the Early Cretaceous the data from Europe are nearly non-existent. Greenland’s position is problematic in a Bullard et al. fit, because of a Late Triassic–Early Jurassic regime of compression (>300 km) that would be inherently required for the Norwegian Shelf and the Barents Sea, but which is geologically not defensible. We suggest a radically new fit for Greenland in between Europe and North America in the Early Mesozoic. This fit keeps Greenland ‘locked’ to Europe for the Late Paleozoic–Early Mesozoic and maintains a reconstruction that better complies with the offshore geological history of the Norwegian Shelf and the Barents Sea. Pre-drift (A24) extension amounted to approximately 450 km on the Mid-Norwegian Shelf but with peak extension in the Late Cretaceous. |
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Torsvik, Trond H. Van der Voo, Rob Meert, Joseph G. Mosar, Jon Walderhaug, Harald J. |
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Torsvik, Trond H. Van der Voo, Rob Meert, Joseph G. Mosar, Jon Walderhaug, Harald J. Reconstructions of the continents around the North Atlantic at about the 60th parallel |
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Torsvik, Trond H. Van der Voo, Rob Meert, Joseph G. Mosar, Jon Walderhaug, Harald J. |
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Reconstructions of the continents around the North Atlantic at about the 60th parallel |
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Reconstructions of the continents around the North Atlantic at about the 60th parallel |
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Reconstructions of the continents around the North Atlantic at about the 60th parallel |
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Reconstructions of the continents around the North Atlantic at about the 60th parallel |
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Reconstructions of the continents around the North Atlantic at about the 60th parallel |
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reconstructions of the continents around the north atlantic at about the 60th parallel |
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