Crustal velocity-depth model from Barents Sea Southeast based on a SSW-NNE oriented OBS-profile transecting the Tiddlybanken Basin and the Bjarmeland Platform
A crustal model transecting the Tiddlybanken Basin, Hjalmar Johansen High and Bjarmeland Platform in the Barents Sea Southeast have been constructed with emphasis on P-wave phase picking and subsequent P-wave model-building with the ray-tracing software MacRay (Luetgert, 1992). The final model consi...
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ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:1956/9204 2023-05-15T15:38:48+02:00 Crustal velocity-depth model from Barents Sea Southeast based on a SSW-NNE oriented OBS-profile transecting the Tiddlybanken Basin and the Bjarmeland Platform Tønnessen, Sune Aase 2014-11-20 24572764 bytes application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1956/9204 eng eng The University of Bergen https://hdl.handle.net/1956/9204 Copyright the author. All rights reserved Hjalmar Johansen High Barentshavet seismisk analyse http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c030943 http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c000190 http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c010681 756199 Master thesis 2014 ftunivbergen 2023-03-14T17:39:43Z A crustal model transecting the Tiddlybanken Basin, Hjalmar Johansen High and Bjarmeland Platform in the Barents Sea Southeast have been constructed with emphasis on P-wave phase picking and subsequent P-wave model-building with the ray-tracing software MacRay (Luetgert, 1992). The final model consist of a 7-8 km thick cover of platform sediments of Late Paleozoic - to Mesozoic age., underlain by a up to 11 km thick layer of Late Proterozoic age (Riphean Complex). The upper crystalline basement is situated at extreme depth of 13-16 km and is characterized by an irregular topography that can be divided into a basement high corresponding to Hjalmar Johansen High, and two basin-shaped depressions corresponding to Tiddlybanken Basin in the SSE of the profile and Bjarmeland Platform in the NNE of the profile. The crustal thickness is quite thin taken into consideration that the area is characterized as a platform area. The crust can be divided into an upper and a middle crust with the respective velocity-intervals of 6.15 - 6.35 km s^-1 and 6.5 - 6.7 km s^-1. The depth-position of the upper crust was poorly covered by arrivals due to the overprint over multiples from earlier arrivals; whereas the middle crust was characterized by high reflectivity and high amplitude arrivals. The Moho-discontinuity is situated at 32-34 km depth, and was covered by high-amplitude arrivals which could be picked at great offset-intervals. Master i Geovitenskap MAMN-GEOV GEOV399 Master Thesis Barents Sea Barentshav* University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Barents Sea Johansen ENVELOPE(67.217,67.217,-70.544,-70.544) |
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Hjalmar Johansen High Barentshavet seismisk analyse http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c030943 http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c000190 http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c010681 756199 |
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Hjalmar Johansen High Barentshavet seismisk analyse http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c030943 http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c000190 http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c010681 756199 Tønnessen, Sune Aase Crustal velocity-depth model from Barents Sea Southeast based on a SSW-NNE oriented OBS-profile transecting the Tiddlybanken Basin and the Bjarmeland Platform |
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Hjalmar Johansen High Barentshavet seismisk analyse http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c030943 http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c000190 http://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c010681 756199 |
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A crustal model transecting the Tiddlybanken Basin, Hjalmar Johansen High and Bjarmeland Platform in the Barents Sea Southeast have been constructed with emphasis on P-wave phase picking and subsequent P-wave model-building with the ray-tracing software MacRay (Luetgert, 1992). The final model consist of a 7-8 km thick cover of platform sediments of Late Paleozoic - to Mesozoic age., underlain by a up to 11 km thick layer of Late Proterozoic age (Riphean Complex). The upper crystalline basement is situated at extreme depth of 13-16 km and is characterized by an irregular topography that can be divided into a basement high corresponding to Hjalmar Johansen High, and two basin-shaped depressions corresponding to Tiddlybanken Basin in the SSE of the profile and Bjarmeland Platform in the NNE of the profile. The crustal thickness is quite thin taken into consideration that the area is characterized as a platform area. The crust can be divided into an upper and a middle crust with the respective velocity-intervals of 6.15 - 6.35 km s^-1 and 6.5 - 6.7 km s^-1. The depth-position of the upper crust was poorly covered by arrivals due to the overprint over multiples from earlier arrivals; whereas the middle crust was characterized by high reflectivity and high amplitude arrivals. The Moho-discontinuity is situated at 32-34 km depth, and was covered by high-amplitude arrivals which could be picked at great offset-intervals. Master i Geovitenskap MAMN-GEOV GEOV399 |
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Tønnessen, Sune Aase |
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Tønnessen, Sune Aase |
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Tønnessen, Sune Aase |
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Crustal velocity-depth model from Barents Sea Southeast based on a SSW-NNE oriented OBS-profile transecting the Tiddlybanken Basin and the Bjarmeland Platform |
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Crustal velocity-depth model from Barents Sea Southeast based on a SSW-NNE oriented OBS-profile transecting the Tiddlybanken Basin and the Bjarmeland Platform |
title_full |
Crustal velocity-depth model from Barents Sea Southeast based on a SSW-NNE oriented OBS-profile transecting the Tiddlybanken Basin and the Bjarmeland Platform |
title_fullStr |
Crustal velocity-depth model from Barents Sea Southeast based on a SSW-NNE oriented OBS-profile transecting the Tiddlybanken Basin and the Bjarmeland Platform |
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Crustal velocity-depth model from Barents Sea Southeast based on a SSW-NNE oriented OBS-profile transecting the Tiddlybanken Basin and the Bjarmeland Platform |
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crustal velocity-depth model from barents sea southeast based on a ssw-nne oriented obs-profile transecting the tiddlybanken basin and the bjarmeland platform |
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The University of Bergen |
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2014 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/1956/9204 |
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ENVELOPE(67.217,67.217,-70.544,-70.544) |
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Barents Sea Johansen |
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Barents Sea Johansen |
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Barents Sea Barentshav* |
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Barents Sea Barentshav* |
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