Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic

• Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Schiffer, Christian, Doré, Anthony G., Foulger, Gillian R., Franke, Dieter, Geoffroy, Laurent, Gernigon, Laurent, Holdsworth, Bob, Kusznir, Nick, Lundin, Erik, Mccaffrey, Ken, Peace, Alexander L., Petersen, Kenni D., Phillips, Thomas B., Stephenson, Randell, Stoker, Martyn S., Welford, J. Kim
• Other Authors: Laboratoire Géosciences Océan (LGO), Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: CNAR; Circum-North Atlantic Region; COB; Continent Ocean Boundary; COT; Continent Ocean Transition; GGF; Great Glen Fault; GIFR; Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge; GIR; Greenland-Iceland Ridge; HBF; Highland Boundary Fault; HFZ; Hardangerfjord Fault Zone; HVLC/HVLCB; High velocity lower crust/ High velocity lower crustal body; IFR; Iceland-Faroe Ridge; JMMC; Jan Mayen Microplate Complex; Moho; Mohorovičić Discontinuity/Crust-Mantle boundary; MTTC; Møre-Trøndelag Fault Complex; NAIP; North Atlantic Igneous Province; SDR; Seaward Dipping Reflector; TZ; Tornquist Zone; TIB; Trans-Scandinavian Igneous Belt; WBF; Walls Boundary Fault; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Greenland; Jan Mayen; Norway; Svalbard; Iceland; North Atlantic; North Norway
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03685641; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102975

International audience The North Atlantic, extending from the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone to the north Norway-Greenland-Svalbard margins, is regarded as both a classic case of structural inheritance and an exemplar for the Wilson-cycle concept. This paper examines different aspects of structural inh...