Evolution of the Jeanne d’Arc basin, offshore Newfoundland, Canada: 3D seismic evidence for >100 million years of rifting

• Main Author: Serrano Suarez, Beatriz Elena, 1978-
• Other Authors: Serrano Suarez, Beatriz Elena, 1978- (author), Withjack, Martha O. (chair), Schlische, Roy W. (co-chair), Bemis, Karen (internal member), Rutgers University, Graduate School - New Brunswick
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Geological Sciences; Jeanne d'Arc Basin (N.L.); Canada; Fanning; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001600001.ETD.000067833

The Jeanne d’Arc rift basin formed during the breakup of Pangea from Late Triassic through Early Cretaceous time. Previous studies concluded that rifting was episodic, occurring during two or three distinct events with intervening periods of thermal subsidence. To test these conclusions, I used 3D s...