Subsurface mapping of Ellesmerian onlaps: Testing the opening of the Arctic Canada Basin
Since the advent of plate tectonics in the mid-1960's the mechanism for formation of the majority of the world's ocean basins has been solved. However, there are still several remaining tectonic conundrums, such as the origin of the Arctic Canada Basin. The most widely accepted tectonic hy...
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ftwestvirginiaun:oai:researchrepository.wvu.edu:etd-3467 2023-05-15T14:42:11+02:00 Subsurface mapping of Ellesmerian onlaps: Testing the opening of the Arctic Canada Basin Connelly, Brian 2006-08-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/2463 https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3467&context=etd unknown The Research Repository @ WVU https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/2463 https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3467&context=etd Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports Geology text 2006 ftwestvirginiaun 2022-01-05T11:20:49Z Since the advent of plate tectonics in the mid-1960's the mechanism for formation of the majority of the world's ocean basins has been solved. However, there are still several remaining tectonic conundrums, such as the origin of the Arctic Canada Basin. The most widely accepted tectonic hypothesis proposes a rotational opening of the basin after rifting along the Northern Alaskan-Canadian Arctic margins.;Subsurface mapping the Ellesmerian strata of Northern Alaska onlapping onto the Barrow Arch, a long-lived basement high, was carried out and then compared with mapped strata on Prince Patrick Island, Canada, to see if they aligned. These mapped onlaps appear to show a match between Northern Alaska and the Canadian Arctic, if Northern Alaska is rotated back clockwise by 60° about a Euler pole located at 68.9°N, 229°W. Along with recent gravity and magnetic anomaly data, all this new evidence would appear to be consistent with a rotational opening. Text Arctic Barrow canada basin Prince Patrick Island Alaska The Research Repository @ WVU (West Virginia University) Arctic Canada Prince Patrick Island ENVELOPE(-119.507,-119.507,76.751,76.751) |
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Since the advent of plate tectonics in the mid-1960's the mechanism for formation of the majority of the world's ocean basins has been solved. However, there are still several remaining tectonic conundrums, such as the origin of the Arctic Canada Basin. The most widely accepted tectonic hypothesis proposes a rotational opening of the basin after rifting along the Northern Alaskan-Canadian Arctic margins.;Subsurface mapping the Ellesmerian strata of Northern Alaska onlapping onto the Barrow Arch, a long-lived basement high, was carried out and then compared with mapped strata on Prince Patrick Island, Canada, to see if they aligned. These mapped onlaps appear to show a match between Northern Alaska and the Canadian Arctic, if Northern Alaska is rotated back clockwise by 60° about a Euler pole located at 68.9°N, 229°W. Along with recent gravity and magnetic anomaly data, all this new evidence would appear to be consistent with a rotational opening. |
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Subsurface mapping of Ellesmerian onlaps: Testing the opening of the Arctic Canada Basin |
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Subsurface mapping of Ellesmerian onlaps: Testing the opening of the Arctic Canada Basin |
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