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Magma-poor continent–ocean transition zones of the southern North Atlantic: a wide-angle seismic synthesis of a new frontier
Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
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This study challenged previous understanding of the conjugate relationship between the Goban Spur and Flemish Cap, and supports the conjugate relationship between the Porcupine Bank and Flemish Cap instead from a seismic perspective, which is further illustrated in different deformable plate reconstruction models, revealing complex 3D kinematics during the orogenic, orogenic collapse, and oblique extension stages between both margin sides.
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This study challenged previous understanding of the conjugate relationship between the Goban Spur and Flemish Cap, and supports the conjugate relationship between the Porcupine Bank and Flemish Cap instead from a seismic perspective, which is further illustrated in different deformable plate reconstruction models, revealing complex 3D kinematics during the orogenic, orogenic collapse, and oblique extension stages between both margin sides.
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I present a synthesis of the continent–ocean boundaries of the southern North Atlantic Ocean, as probed using seismic methods for rock velocity estimation, to assess their deep structures from the crust to the upper mantle and to discuss how they were formed. With this knowledge, it is possible to start evaluating these regions of the Earth for their capacity to produce hydrogen and critical minerals and to store excess carbon dioxide, all with the goal of greening our economy.
I present a synthesis of the continent–ocean boundaries of the southern North Atlantic Ocean, as...
