Evolution of Labrador Sea–Baffin Bay: Plate or Plume Processes?

• Published in: Geoscience Canada
• Main Authors: Peace, Alexander Lewis, Foulger, Gillian R., Schiffer, Christian, McCaffrey, Ken J.W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Association of Canada 2017
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Canada; Greenland; Baie de Baffin; Mer du Labrador; Détroit de Davis; Baffin; Davis Strait; Groenland; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/25636

Breakup between Greenland and Canada resulted in oceanic spreading in the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay. These ocean basins are connected through the Davis Strait, a bathymetric high comprising primarily continental lithosphere, and the focus of the West Greenland Tertiary volcanic province. It has be...