Structure and evolution of the Atlantic floor between Northern Scotland and Iceland.

dc.contributor.author	Bott, M.H.P.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-08-26T13:14:18Z
dc.date.available	2020-08-26T13:14:18Z
dc.date.issued	1975
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2675002
dc.description.abstract	The continental shelf west of the Shetland and Orkney islands is a region of varied geology traversed by the Caledonian front, including some areas of shallow basement and some partially fault-bounded Mesozoic basins such as the west Shetland basin; Tertiary strata appear to be absent except on the slope and near it. At the other extremity of the region, the Iceland-Faeroe Ridge is formed by anomalously thick \"Icelandic-type\" oceanic crust probably originating between 60 and 45 my ago. Recent evidence confirms that the shelf region around the Faeroe Islands is underlain by continental crust, but the origin of the Faeroe-Shetland Channel is problematic.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	NGU (316)
dc.rights	Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no
dc.subject	STRUKTURGEOLOGI
dc.subject	GEOMORFOLOGI
dc.title	Structure and evolution of the Atlantic floor between Northern Scotland and Iceland.
dc.type	Journal article
dc.description.localcode	35901
dc.source.pagenumber	195-199

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