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Research article
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12 Jan 2022
Research article |
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Impact of Timanian thrust systems on the late Neoproterozoic–Phanerozoic tectonic evolution of the Barents Sea and Svalbard
Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1028 Blindern, 0315 Oslo, Norway
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in
Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Research Centre for Arctic Petroleum Exploration (ARCEx), UiT The
Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
CAGE – Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, UiT
The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Craig Magee
School of Earth Science and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds,
LS2 9JT, UK
Ingrid M. Anell
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047 Blindern,
0316 Oslo, Norway
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- The orogenic bridge theory: towards a predictive tool for past and future plate tectonics J. Koehl & G. Foulger https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17238.1
- Impact of sub-basalt thrust systems on the Faroe continental shelf for the late Paleoproterozoic–Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the margin. J. Koehl et al. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.18284.2
- The myth of the De Geer Zone J. Koehl https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.16791.1
- The myth of the De Geer Zone: a change of paradigm for the opening of the Fram Strait J. Koehl https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.16791.2
- Implications of Timanian thrust systems in the Barents Sea and Svalbard on using paleontological constraints for plate tectonics reconstructions J. Koehl https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.16674.1
- The Ordovician System in Greenland S. Stouge et al. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP533-2022-193
- Devonian–Mississippian magmatism related to extensional collapse in Svalbard: implications for radiating dyke swarms J. Koehl et al. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.18798.1
- On the Billefjorden fault zone in Garmdalen, central Spitsbergen: implications for the mapping of major fault zones during geological fieldwork and for the tectonic history of Svalbard J. Koehl et al. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17826.1
- Devonian–Carboniferous extension and Eurekan inversion along an inherited WNW–ESE-striking fault system in Billefjorden, Svalbard J. Koehl et al. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.15936.1
- On the Billefjorden fault zone in Garmdalen, central Spitsbergen: implications for the mapping of major fault zones during geological fieldwork and for the tectonic history of Svalbard J. Koehl et al. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17826.2
- Recent earthquakes in Svalbard sourced from transform-parallel thrust systems: implications for linear earthquake swarms and earthquake risk J. Koehl et al. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.19399.1
- Impact of sub-basalt thrust systems on the Faroe continental shelf for the late Paleoproterozoic–Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the margin. J. Koehl et al. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.18284.1
- Double-folding and thrust-front geometries associated with the Timanian and Caledonian orogenies in the Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, North Norway R. Gabrielsen et al. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2021-153
- Orogenic bridge theory: towards a predictive tool for past and future plate tectonics J. Koehl & G. Foulger https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17238.2
- Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, Arctic Russia: Challenges, implications, and potential G. Martins https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104842
- Devonian–Carboniferous extension and Eurekan inversion along an inherited WNW–ESE-striking fault system in Billefjorden, Svalbard J. Koehl et al. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.15936.2
- Caledonian reactivation and reworking of Timanian thrust systems and implications for latest Mesoproterozoic to mid-Paleozoic tectonics and magmatism in northern Baltica J. Koehl & E. Stokmo https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17033.1
- Implications of Timanian thrust systems in the Barents Sea and Svalbard on using paleontological constraints for plate tectonics reconstructions J. Koehl https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.16674.2
- Proof of concept for Orogenic Bridge Theory in the Fram Strait using U–Pb geochronology of syn-kinematic carbonates J. Koehl & C. Mottram https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21057.1
- The timing of the Svalbardian Orogeny in Svalbard: a review J. Koehl et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1353-2022
- West Barents Sheared Margin Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element, Norwegian–Greenland Sea and Fram Strait J. Faleide et al. https://doi.org/10.1144/M57-2023-19
- Caledonian reactivation and reworking of Timanian thrust systems and implications for latest Mesoproterozoic to mid-Paleozoic tectonics and magmatism in northern Baltica J. Koehl & E. Stokmo https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17033.2
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Short summary
The present study shows evidence of fault systems (large cracks in the Earth's crust) hundreds to thousands of kilometers long and several kilometers thick extending from northwestern Russia to the northern Norwegian Barents Sea and the Svalbard Archipelago using seismic, magnetic, and gravimetric data. The study suggests that the crust in Svalbard and the Barents Sea was already attached to Norway and Russia at ca. 650–550 Ma, thus challenging existing models.
The present study shows evidence of fault systems (large cracks in the Earth's crust) hundreds...
