On the evolution of the North Atlantic -from continental collapse to oceanic accretion

• Main Author: Kvarven, Trond
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2013
• Subjects: Jan Mayen; Jan Mayen Fracture Zone; Knipovich Ridge; Svalbard; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/7522

The North Atlantic between Iceland and Svalbard and surrounding continental areas represent an ideal laboratory for studying plate tectonic processes, due to the presence of well exposed continent-continent collision terranes on the Norwegian mainland and dense coverage of offshore geophysical data...