Opening of the Fram Strait gateway: A review of plate tectonic constraints

Ø Engen, JI Faleide, TK Dyreng - Tectonophysics, 2008 - Elsevier
We have revised the regional crustal structure, oceanic age distribution, and conjugate
margin segmentation in and around the Lena Trough, the oceanic part of the Fram Strait …

Late Mesozoic magmatism in Svalbard: A review

K Senger, J Tveranger, K Ogata, A Braathen… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Late Mesozoic mafic igneous rocks are widespread across the Arctic region, and are
collectively referred to as the High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP). In Svalbard the …

Structure and evolution of the continental margin off Norway and the Barents Sea

JI Faleide, F Tsikalas, AJ Breivik, R Mjelde… - Episodes Journal of …, 2008 - episodes.org
Abstract The Norwegian Margin formed in response to early Cenozoic continental breakup
and subsequent opening of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. There is a well-defined margin …

Svalbox Digital Model Database: A geoscientific window into the High Arctic

P Betlem, N Rodés, T Birchall, A Dahlin… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Digital outcrop models (DOMs) have revolutionized the way twenty-first century geoscientists
work. DOMs are georeferenced three-dimensional (3-D) digital representations of outcrops …

Interaction of the Zagros Fold–Thrust Belt and the Arabian-type, deep-seated folds in the Abadan Plain and the Dezful Embayment, SW Iran

IA Fard, A Braathen, M Mokhtari, SA Alavi - Petroleum Geoscience, 2006 - earthdoc.org
The Dezful Embayment and Abadan Plain (SW Iran) contain major parts of the remaining
Iranian oil reserves. These oil provinces are characterized by two types of structural closure …

Deep-water Niger Delta fold and thrust belt modeled as a critical-taper wedge: The influence of elevated basal fluid pressure on structural styles

F Bilotti, JH Shaw - AAPG bulletin, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We use critical-taper wedge mechanics theory to show that the Niger Delta toe-thrust system
deforms above a very weak basal detachment induced by high pore-fluid pressure. The …

Neogene shortening and exhumation of the Zagros fold-thrust belt and foreland basin in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq

RI Koshnaw, BK Horton, DF Stockli, DE Barber… - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
The Zagros fold-thrust belt in the Kurdistan region of Iraq encroached southward toward a
rapidly subsiding Neogene foreland basin and was later partitioned by out-of-sequence …

Clast shape analysis and clast transport paths in glacial environments: A critical review of methods and the role of lithology

S Lukas, DI Benn, CM Boston, M Brook, S Coray… - Earth-Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
The reconstruction and tracing of transport paths in glaciated (and other) environments have
a long tradition in the Earth Sciences. We here present a dataset of clast shape samples …

Circum-Arctic Lithosphere Evolution (CALE) Transect C: displacement of the Arctic Alaska–Chukotka microplate towards the Pacific during opening of the Amerasia …

EL Miller, KE Meisling, VV Akinin, K Brumley… - 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This paper synthesizes the framework and geological evolution of the Arctic Alaska–
Chukotka microplate (AACM), from its origin as part of the continental platform fringing …

[PDF][PDF] The Longyearbyen CO2 Lab of Svalbard, Norway— initial assessment of the geological conditions for CO2 sequestration.

A Braathen, K Bælum, HH Christiansen… - Norwegian Journal of …, 2012 - geologi.no
Industrial emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere are now recognised by international
scientific panels to be probably the single most critical factor driving the impending global …