Crustal history and basin development of Baffin Bay

• Published in: Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience
• Main Author: Menzies, Arthur W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 1982
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Greenland; Nares; Stripe; Arctic Archipelago; Baffin; Davis Strait; Labrador Sea; Nares strait
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/139603

Lack of definitive magnetic anomaly stripe data in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait imposes severe limitations on the extension of the Labrador Sea sea-floor spreading model into these areas. Using refraction and earthquake seismicity data to examine crustal and mantle structure, a case is presented for...