Decoupling as an alternate model for transpression during the initial opening of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea
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- 6 January 1988
- journal article
- Published by Norwegian Polar Institute in Polar Research
- Vol. 6 (1) , 137-140
- https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v6i1.6855
Abstract
Transpressive plate motions during the opening of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea were in some manner responsible for the development of Spitsbergen's Tertiary fold-and-thrust belt. A flower model has been proposed for the large-scale structural architecture of Tertiary deformation (Lowell 1972). An alternate model of decoupling, where convergent and transcurrent motions were accommodated in totally or partially separated, subparallel belts is suggested.Keywords
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