The Scandinavian Caledonides: main features, conceptual advances and critical questions

F Corfu, TB Andersen, D Gasser - Geological Society, London …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
Thirty years of research, and especially the refinements of many geological, geochemical
and geophysical techniques, have uncovered many new facets of the geology of the …

Styles of extension offshore mid‐Norway and implications for mechanisms of crustal thinning at passive margins

PT Osmundsen, J Ebbing - Tectonics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Eocene magmatic breakup along the mid‐Norway rifted margin was preceded by extreme
Jurassic‐Cretaceous crustal thinning in a magma‐poor environment. Along the SE borders …

New aeromagnetic and gravity compilations from Norway and adjacent areas: methods and applications

O Olesen, M Brönner, J Ebbing, J Gellein… - Geological Society …, 2010 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) has produced new aeromagnetic and
gravity maps from Norway and adjacent areas, compiled from ground, airborne and satellite …

3D evolution of detachment fault systems in necking domains: Insights from the Klakk Fault Complex and the Frøya High, mid‐Norwegian rifted margin

JLS Gresseth, PT Osmundsen, G Péron‐Pinvidic - Tectonics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Detachment fault systems typically record displacements in the order of 10s of kilometers.
The principles that control the growth of smaller magnitude normal faults are not fully …

From orogeny to rifting: insights from the Norwegian 'reactivation phase'

G Peron-Pinvidic, PT Osmundsen - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Based on observations from the Mid-Norwegian extensional system, we describe how, when
and where the post-Caledonian continental crust evolved from a context of orogenic …

Crustal‐scale fault interaction at rifted margins and the formation of domain‐bounding breakaway complexes: Insights from offshore Norway

PT Osmundsen, G Péron‐Pinvidic - Tectonics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The large‐magnitude faults that control crustal thinning and excision at rifted margins
combine into laterally persistent structural boundaries that separate margin domains of …

The Uppermost Allochthon in the Scandinavian Caledonides: From a Laurentian ancestry through Taconian orogeny to Scandian crustal growth on Baltica

D Roberts, Ø Nordgulen, V Melezhik - 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Thrust sheets of the Uppermost Allochthon in the Caledonides of Scandinavia are
distinguished by lithological assemblages and magmatic units that are, in many ways, quite …

Segmentation of the Caledonian orogenic infrastructure and exhumation of the Western Gneiss Region during transtensional collapse

JD Wiest, J Jacobs, H Fossen, M Ganerød… - Journal of the …, 2021 - lyellcollection.org
The (ultra) high-pressure Western Gneiss Region of the Norwegian Caledonides represents
an archetypical orogenic infrastructure of a continent–continent collision zone. To test …

Rifting of collapsed orogens: Successive incision of continental crust in the proximal margin offshore Norway

PT Osmundsen, G Péron‐Pinvidic, H Bunkholt - Tectonics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Structures related to orogenic “collapse” may provide an important template for reactivation
during later rifting. In the proximal rifted margin offshore Norway, the tectono‐sedimentary …

[HTML][HTML] The brittle evolution of Western Norway–A space-time model based on fault mineralizations, K–Ar fault gouge dating and paleostress analysis

Å Hestnes, D Gasser, T Scheiber, J Jacobs… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Basement fracture and fault patterns on passive continental margins control the onshore
landscape and offshore distribution of sediment packages and fluid pathways. In this study …