Crustal structure and erosion of the Lofoten/Vesterålen shelf, northern Norwegian margin

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Breivik, Asbjørn Johan, Faleide, Jan Inge, Mjelde, Rolf, Flueh, Ernst, Murai, Yoshio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Breivik; Greenland; Lofoten; Lofoten Basin; Norway; Vesterålen; East Greenland; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2755876; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228318

The Norwegian continental shelf has been through several rift phases since the Caledonian orogeny. Early Cretaceous rifting created the largest sedimentary basins, and Early Cenozoic continental breakup between East Greenland and Europe affected the continental shelf to various degrees. The Lofoten/...