Geodynamics of continental rift initiation and evolution

S Brune, F Kolawole, JA Olive, DS Stamps… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
A continental rift is a nascent plate boundary where the lithosphere is thinned by tectonic
activity. Some continental rifts undergo extension to the point that they generate a new …

Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic

C Schiffer, AG Doré, GR Foulger, D Franke… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The North Atlantic, extending from the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone to the north
Norway-Greenland-Svalbard margins, is regarded as both a classic case of structural …

A global data set of present‐day oceanic crustal age and seafloor spreading parameters

M Seton, RD Müller, S Zahirovic… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present an updated oceanic crustal age grid and a set of complementary grids including
spreading rate, asymmetry, direction, and obliquity. Our data set is based on a selected set …

GlobSed: Updated total sediment thickness in the world's oceans

EO Straume, C Gaina, S Medvedev… - Geochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present GlobSed, a new global 5‐arc‐minute total sediment thickness grid for the world's
oceans and marginal seas. GlobSed covers a larger area than previously published global …

A review of Pangaea dispersal and Large Igneous Provinces–In search of a causative mechanism

AL Peace, JJJ Phethean, D Franke, GR Foulger… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The breakup of Pangaea was accompanied by extensive, episodic, magmatic activity.
Several Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) formed, such as the Central Atlantic Magmatic …

[HTML][HTML] Global Cenozoic paleobathymetry with a focus on the Northern Hemisphere oceanic gateways

EO Straume, C Gaina, S Medvedev… - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The evolution of the Northern Hemisphere oceanic gateways has facilitated ocean
circulation changes and may have influenced climatic variations in the Cenozoic time (66 …

Oblique rifting: the rule, not the exception

S Brune, SE Williams, RD Müller - Solid Earth, 2018 - se.copernicus.org
Movements of tectonic plates often induce oblique deformation at divergent plate
boundaries. This is in striking contrast with traditional conceptual models of rifting and rifted …

The Iceland microcontinent and a continental Greenland-Iceland-Faroe ridge

GR Foulger, T Doré, CH Emeleus, D Franke… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The breakup of Laurasia to form the Northeast Atlantic Realm disintegrated an
inhomogeneous collage of cratons sutured by cross-cutting orogens. Volcanic rifted margins …

Arctic ocean mega project: Paper 2–Arctic stratigraphy and regional tectonic structure

AM Nikishin, EI Petrov, S Cloetingh, NA Malyshev… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
A seismic stratigraphic framework and basin fill geohistory for Arctic Ocean basins is
presented based on data collected by several Russian Government organized expeditions …

Episodic kilometre-scale burial and exhumation and the importance of missing section

P Green, I Duddy, P Japsen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The incompleteness of the stratigraphical record is well documented, and the concept of
“missing time” has attracted renewed attention in recent years. However, the importance of …