Origin of the Oslo Graben in relation to the Hercynian-Alleghenian orogeny and lithospheric rifting in the North Atlantic

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Russell, Michael J., Smythe, David K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1983
• Subjects: Fanning; Norway; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/213903/

The contemporaneous extrusion of basalts in the Oslo Graben and intrusion of dolentes in northern Britain and southern Sweden at ~ 295 Ma calls for a common explanation. Two hypotheses are investigated: 1. (1) the Graben and dykes resulted from extensional stresses associated with progressive lithos...