Imaging the plate boundary between Greenland and North America within the Kane Basin by means of geophysical data
Abstract The Nares Strait is a waterway separating NW Greenland and North America. The nature of the Nares Strait has been subject of discussion for decades, especially if it represents a transform fault that compensated the opening of the Baffin Bay in the Paleogene as Alfred Wegener supposed in 19...
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| description | Abstract The Nares Strait is a waterway separating NW Greenland and North America. The nature of the Nares Strait has been subject of discussion for decades, especially if it represents a transform fault that compensated the opening of the Baffin Bay in the Paleogene as Alfred Wegener supposed in 1912. The Kane Basin in the central part of Nares Strait provides an opportunity to cross the proposed fault. Geophysical data were acquired in 2001 and 2010, including among others multichannel and wide‐angle seismic data. The eastern part of the Kane Basin is characterized by a solid platform most likely representing a continuation of the Paleoproterozoic Inglefield‐Mobile‐Belt (Greenland). In the western part, a sedimentary basin with northwestward tilted and eroded layers of Cretaceous age can be resolved. The transition between those two units shows the plate boundary between Greenland and North America and can be considered as a relic of the Wegener Fault. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-92b1f78006fa4d9a828310f52f7fa9b32025-08-20T02:31:38ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072016-08-0143157913792010.1002/2016GL069329Imaging the plate boundary between Greenland and North America within the Kane Basin by means of geophysical dataAxel Ehrhardt0Michael Schnabel1Volkmar Damm2Karsten Piepjohn3Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Hannover GermanyFederal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Hannover GermanyFederal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Hannover GermanyFederal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Hannover GermanyAbstract The Nares Strait is a waterway separating NW Greenland and North America. The nature of the Nares Strait has been subject of discussion for decades, especially if it represents a transform fault that compensated the opening of the Baffin Bay in the Paleogene as Alfred Wegener supposed in 1912. The Kane Basin in the central part of Nares Strait provides an opportunity to cross the proposed fault. Geophysical data were acquired in 2001 and 2010, including among others multichannel and wide‐angle seismic data. The eastern part of the Kane Basin is characterized by a solid platform most likely representing a continuation of the Paleoproterozoic Inglefield‐Mobile‐Belt (Greenland). In the western part, a sedimentary basin with northwestward tilted and eroded layers of Cretaceous age can be resolved. The transition between those two units shows the plate boundary between Greenland and North America and can be considered as a relic of the Wegener Fault.https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069329seismic datapotential geophysical dataKane Basin, Nares Strait |
| spellingShingle | Axel Ehrhardt Michael Schnabel Volkmar Damm Karsten Piepjohn Imaging the plate boundary between Greenland and North America within the Kane Basin by means of geophysical data Geophysical Research Letters seismic data potential geophysical data Kane Basin, Nares Strait |
| title | Imaging the plate boundary between Greenland and North America within the Kane Basin by means of geophysical data |
| title_full | Imaging the plate boundary between Greenland and North America within the Kane Basin by means of geophysical data |
| title_fullStr | Imaging the plate boundary between Greenland and North America within the Kane Basin by means of geophysical data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Imaging the plate boundary between Greenland and North America within the Kane Basin by means of geophysical data |
| title_short | Imaging the plate boundary between Greenland and North America within the Kane Basin by means of geophysical data |
| title_sort | imaging the plate boundary between greenland and north america within the kane basin by means of geophysical data |
| topic | seismic data potential geophysical data Kane Basin, Nares Strait |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069329 |
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