Evidence of Continental Breakup from the Newfoundland Rifted Margin (Ocean Drilling Program Leg 210): Lower Cretaceous Seafloor Formed by Exhumation of Subcontinental Mantle Lithosphere and the Transition to Seafloor Spreading

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.H.F. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Seafloor Spreading ◽  
Mantle Lithosphere ◽  
Ocean Drilling Program ◽  
Continental Breakup ◽  
Ocean Drilling ◽  
Rifted Margin

scholarly journals Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) off South-East Greenland: formation of a volcanic rifted margin

1993 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 69-73
Author(s):  
H.C Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Tectonic Setting ◽  
Igneous Rocks ◽  
Plate Tectonic ◽  
Ocean Drilling Program ◽  
Skaergaard Intrusion ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
Ocean Drilling ◽  
Magmatic Rocks ◽  
Rifted Margin

The exposures of the Tertiary igneous rocks along the East Greenland coast (Fig. I) have attracted the attention or earth scientists for more than half a century (Wager, 1934; Wager & Deer 1938). However, most of the work has concentrated on the petrological and mineralogical aspects of the magmatic rocks (e.g. Skaergaard intrusion). With a few exceptions, such as Brooks (1973). Nielsen (1978). H. C. Larsen (1978), Branks (1979), Myers (1980) and Nielsen & Branks (1981). Relatively little attention has been given to the tectonic and plate tectonic setting. mainly because the plate tectonic paradigm did not become accepted until 30 years after Wager and Deer's revolutionary work. Furthermore, the tectonic context of the coastal exposures first becomes really striking when seen together with the geology and structure of the adjacent continental shelf and slope (H.C. Larsen, 1990).

Continental breakup and the onset of ultraslow seafloor spreading off Flemish Cap on the Newfoundland rifted margin

Geology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Hopper ◽  
Thomas Funck ◽  
Brian E. Tucholke ◽  
Hans Christian Larsen ◽  
W. Steven Holbrook ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seafloor Spreading ◽  
Continental Breakup ◽  
Rifted Margin
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