Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic
| Autor: | E. R. Lundin, Martyn S. Stoker, Laurent Gernigon, Thomas Phillips, Dieter Franke, Laurent Geoffroy, K. D. Petersen, Gillian R. Foulger, Anthony Doré, Bob Holdsworth, Christian Schiffer, Alexander L. Peace, J. Kim Welford, Ken McCaffrey, Nick Kusznir, Randell Stephenson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
reactivation
structural inheritance Rift 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences North Atlantic Crust Fracture zone Wilson Cycle 010502 geochemistry & geophysics rifting 01 natural sciences Mantle (geology) Paleontology Plate tectonics Shear (geology) Lithosphere Continent-ocean boundary magmatism plate tectonics General Earth and Planetary Sciences lithosphere continental breakup Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Schiffer, C, Doré, A G, Foulger, G R, Franke, D, Geoffroy, L, Gernigon, L, Holdsworth, B, Kusznir, N, Lundin, E, McCaffrey, K, Peace, A L, Petersen, K D, Phillips, T B, Stephenson, R, Stoker, M S & Welford, J K 2020, ' Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic ', Earth-Science Reviews, vol. 206, 102975 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102975 Earth-science reviews, 2020, Vol.206, pp.102975 [Peer Reviewed Journal] |
| ISSN: | 0012-8252 |
| Popis: | 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 inheritance and an exemplar for the Wilson-cycle concept. This paper examines different aspects of structural inheritance in the Circum-North Atlantic region: 1) as a function of rejuvenation from lithospheric to crustal scales, and 2) in terms of sequential rifting and opening of the ocean and its margins, including a series of failed rift systems. We summarise and evaluate the role of fundamental lithospheric structures such as mantle fabric and composition, lower crustal inhomogeneities, orogenic belts, and major strike-slip faults during breakup. We relate these to the development and shaping of the NE Atlantic rifted margins, localisation of magmatism, and microcontinent release. We show that, although inheritance is common on multiple scales, the Wilson Cycle is at best an imperfect model for the Circum-North Atlantic region. Observations from the NE Atlantic suggest depth dependency in inheritance (surface, crust, mantle) with selective rejuvenation depending on time-scales, stress field orientations and thermal regime. Specifically, post-Caledonian reactivation to form the North Atlantic rift systems essentially followed pre-existing orogenic crustal structures, while eventual breakup reflected a change in stress field and exploitation of a deeper-seated, lithospheric-scale shear fabrics. We infer that, although collapse of an orogenic belt and eventual transition to a new ocean does occur, it is by no means inevitable. |
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