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SOME CONSTRAINTS FOR SCENARIOS OF THE NORTHERN BARENTS SEA MARGIN EVOLUTION
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   1. DATA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     2. METHOD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           3. CRUSTAL STRUCTURE                                                                                                              4. BREAK-UP SETTING
 Alexander Minakov (Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen,
 Alexander.Minakov@geo.uib.no);
 Jan Inge Faleide (Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     3D GRAVITY INVERSION INCORPORATING LITHOSPHERE THERMAL GRAVITY ANOMALY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 S                                                                                                                              N




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Northern Barents Sea passive margin

  • 1. SOME CONSTRAINTS FOR SCENARIOS OF THE NORTHERN BARENTS SEA MARGIN EVOLUTION Authors: 1. DATA 2. METHOD 3. CRUSTAL STRUCTURE 4. BREAK-UP SETTING Alexander Minakov (Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Alexander.Minakov@geo.uib.no); Jan Inge Faleide (Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo); 3D GRAVITY INVERSION INCORPORATING LITHOSPHERE THERMAL GRAVITY ANOMALY S N D Kong Karls Land Svalbard Platform Western Nansen Basin AMERASIAN BATHYMETRY Vladimir Yu. Glebovsky, (VNIIOkeangeologia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia); Greenland STRETCHING FACTORS 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 BASIN D Amunsen Basin BOUGUER GRAVITY CRUSTAL AGE 0 ALPHA RIDGE 85 Rolf Mjelde (Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen) 85 D 85 ˚ LAPTEV ˚ GREENLAND ° 30 ˚ 30 ° 5° 30 ˚ 85 ˚ ˚ 0˚ 85 -5 ° 90 8 ˚ 90 9 SEA D a14 a12 Gakkel Ridge 60˚ 60˚ a13 60° -10 ABSTRACT a11 a10 a6 3. -15 a5 5 Continental crust a4 1 km 3.5 b a3 10 2. 4.1 7 3. -20 3.3 0 5 Nansen Basin 80 60 1.7 2.9 awi2001 a2 40 80 80 The northern Barents Sea Yermak Plateau Yermak Plateau 80 20 ˚ Oceanic crust 1. ° 0 ˚ -25 3 1.1 sin 0˚ a1 -20 ° Vo Vo Severnaya 80 ˚ 8 80 Ba rro on Zemlya -30 continental margin has remained COT nii n n ttrr Pre-Cenozoic sediments C24 (53 Ma) d ou ou -40 lan gh gh -35 St. c St Franz - F -n the least investigated province of en 1.1 An An -60 -80 Cenozoic sediments re na Franz Josef Land Franz Josef Land Western Nansen Basin g Svalbard at Victor i Vi r -G tro 30 30 30 ˚ the Barents Sea because of very ou ° ˚ ˚ ˚ 90 ian 90 ug Canada ° 90 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 1.1 ia tro hh Basin eg f tr u g D rw 0 AMERASIAN limited seismic data due to a e dg gh Labrador Sea 1 Ri No 60˚ h Amerasian v lee 4 60° 60˚ BASIN Ele slan D de Basin 5 sm d I -5 en ere M Na Alpha Ridge 2 mGal mln. yr. ALPHA RIDGE re s S largely permanent ice cover. An trai Makarov Basin 3