Arctic Ocean Mega Project: Paper 3 - Mesozoic to Cenozoic geological evolution

• Main Authors: Nikishin, Anatoly M., Petrov, Eugene I., Cloetingh, Sierd, Freiman, Sergey I., Malyshev, Nikolay A., Morozov, Andrey F., Posamentier, Henry W., Verzhbitsky, Vladimir E., Zhukov, Nikolay N., Startseva, Ksenia
• Other Authors: Tectonics
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Lomonosov Ridge; Amundsen Basin; Nansen Basin; Podvodnikov Basin; North Chukchi Basin; Mendeleev Ridge; Laptev Sea Basin; East Siberian Sea Basin; Gakkel Ridge; Climate change; Earth and Planetary Sciences(all); Arctic Ocean; Canada; Chukchi Sea; East Siberian Sea; Eurasia Basin; Kara Sea; Laptev Sea; Verkhoyansk; amundsen basin; canada basin; Chukchi; Chukotka; laptev; Nansen
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/407813

We present an atlas of paleogeographic and paleotectonic maps which documents major events in the Arctic for 0–157 Ma. We demonstrate that the Mendeleev Ridge has a continental basement. The following chronology of events in the history of the Arctic Ocean is proposed: (1) Jurassic: continental rift...