Salt movements in three provinces in the southwestern Barents Sea: development, timing, and implications of regional structural differences

• Main Author: Thorsen, Truls
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Petroleum geology and petroleum geophysics: 464; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Petroleumsgeologi og -geofysikk: 464; Nordkapp Basin; Nordkappbassenget; Svalis Dome; Svalisdomen; Samson Dome; Samsondomen; Norvarg Dome; Norvargdomen; Salt tectonics; Salttektonikk; GEO-3900; Barents Sea; Dome The; Loppa; Nordkapp; Norvarg
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18306

This study has investigated salt movements in the Nordkapp Basin, on the Loppa High (Svalis Dome) and on the Bjarmeland Platform (Samson- and Norvarg domes). The aim is to discuss how differences in salt growth potentially relates to the structural evolution of - and differences between - these thre...