Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma

M Seton, RD Müller, S Zahirovic, C Gaina… - Earth-Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
Global plate motion models provide a spatial and temporal framework for geological data
and have been effective tools for exploring processes occurring at the earth's surface …

Structural comparison of archetypal Atlantic rifted margins: A review of observations and concepts

G Peron-Pinvidic, G Manatschal… - Marine and petroleum …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study we compare three pairs of conjugate rifted margins that are often referred to as
archetypes of rift systems. Despite numerous differences, a remarkable first-order structural …

Regional magma plumbing and emplacement mechanisms of the Faroe‐Shetland Sill Complex: Implications for magma transport and petroleum systems within …

N Schofield, S Holford, J Millett, D Brown, D Jolley… - Basin …, 2017 - earthdoc.org
The movement of magma through the shallow crust and the impact of subsurface sill
complexes on the hydrocarbon systems of prospective sedimentary basins has long been …

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 …

Kinematic evolution of the southern North Atlantic: Implications for the formation of hyperextended rift systems

M Nirrengarten, G Manatschal, J Tugend, N Kusznir… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We focus on the southern North Atlantic rifted margins to investigate the partitioning and
propagation of deformation in hyperextended rift systems using plate kinematic modeling …

Geology of the Norwegian continental shelf

JI Faleide, K Bjørlykke, RH Gabrielsen - Petroleum geoscience: From …, 2015 - Springer
In the preceding chapters we have included only a few regional examples and case studies
because of space limitations. The present chapter will, however, provide some examples …

Clay mineral diagenesis and quartz cementation in mudstones: The effects of smectite to illite reaction on rock properties

C Peltonen, Ø Marcussen, K Bjørlykke… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary sequence of the Vøring and Møre Basins from the
Norwegian Sea has been examined with respect to mineralogy based on 319 cutting …

Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic

C Schiffer, AG Doré, GR Foulger, D Franke… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 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 …

Palaeocene–Recent plate boundaries in the NE Atlantic and the formation of the Jan Mayen microcontinent

C Gaina, L Gernigon, P Ball - Journal of the Geological Society, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
Breakup and sea-floor spreading between Greenland and Eurasia established a series of
new plate boundaries in the North Atlantic region since the Late Palaeocene. A conventional …

A review of Pangaea dispersal and Large Igneous Provinces–In search of a causative mechanism

AL Peace, JJJ Phethean, D Franke, GR Foulger… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The breakup of Pangaea was accompanied by extensive, episodic, magmatic activity.
Several Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) formed, such as the Central Atlantic Magmatic …