Origin and Evolution of the Chukchi Borderland

• Other Authors: Hopper, John R., Everett, Mark E., Ayers, Jr., Walt B.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Arctic evolution; Chukchi Borderland; Canada Basin; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Sea; Canada; Norway; Amerasia Basin; canada basin; Chukchi; Alaska; Troms
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2008-12-120

The origin of the Amerasia Basin, in the Arctic region, is nowadays a highly controversial topic due to the paucity of geophysical data available and the difficulties in interpreting possible seafloor spreading magnetic anomalies. The Chukchi Borderland, that extends into the Amerasia Basin north of...