Crustal structure and tectonic model of the Arctic region

TY - JOUR

T1 - Crustal structure and tectonic model of the Arctic region

AU - Petrov, Oleg

AU - Morozov, Andrey

AU - Shokalsky, Sergey

AU - Kashubin, Sergey

AU - Artemieva, Irina

AU - Sobolev, Nikolai

AU - Petrov, Evgeny

AU - Ernst, Richard E.

AU - Sergeev, Sergey

AU - Smelror, Morten

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - We present a new model of the crustal and tectonic structure of the Arctic region north of 60° N latitude, constrained as a part of the international Atlas of Geological Maps of the Circumpolar Arctic under the aegis of the Commission for the Geological Map of the World. The region is largely formed by (i) Archean-Paleoproterozoic shields and platforms, (ii) orogenic belts of the Neoproterozoic to the Late Mesozoic ages overlain by platform and basin sediments, (iii) Cenozoic rift structures formed in part as a consequence of seafloor spreading in the North East Atlantic Ocean with propagation into the Central Arctic Ocean along the Gakkel Ridge, (iv) deep-water ocean basins and shallow-water shelves of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, and (v) associated large igneous provinces (LIPs).We present a series of maps for the Circumpolar Arctic which include maps of the depth to Moho and thickness of the sedimentary cover and presents tectonic regionalization based on 18 major crustal types (oceanic, transitional, and continental) recognized in the Arctic. A 7600. km-long crustal geotransect across the region illustrates the details of its crustal and tectonic structure. We discuss geological, geophysical and geochemical datasets on which the new regional model is based. These include magnetic and gravity maps of the Circumpolar Arctic and a wide range of existing and recently acquired bathymetric, geophysical (including seismic), geological, isotope and geochronological data (illustrated by new age data for seabed and bedrock samples from the New Siberian Islands). The analysis of these data in the framework of regional tectonic evolution allows for correlating onshore and offshore lithospheric fragments and for recognizing regions with oceanic, transitional, and continental crust in the Circumpolar Arctic.

AB - We present a new model of the crustal and tectonic structure of the Arctic region north of 60° N latitude, constrained as a part of the international Atlas of Geological Maps of the Circumpolar Arctic under the aegis of the Commission for the Geological Map of the World. The region is largely formed by (i) Archean-Paleoproterozoic shields and platforms, (ii) orogenic belts of the Neoproterozoic to the Late Mesozoic ages overlain by platform and basin sediments, (iii) Cenozoic rift structures formed in part as a consequence of seafloor spreading in the North East Atlantic Ocean with propagation into the Central Arctic Ocean along the Gakkel Ridge, (iv) deep-water ocean basins and shallow-water shelves of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, and (v) associated large igneous provinces (LIPs).We present a series of maps for the Circumpolar Arctic which include maps of the depth to Moho and thickness of the sedimentary cover and presents tectonic regionalization based on 18 major crustal types (oceanic, transitional, and continental) recognized in the Arctic. A 7600. km-long crustal geotransect across the region illustrates the details of its crustal and tectonic structure. We discuss geological, geophysical and geochemical datasets on which the new regional model is based. These include magnetic and gravity maps of the Circumpolar Arctic and a wide range of existing and recently acquired bathymetric, geophysical (including seismic), geological, isotope and geochronological data (illustrated by new age data for seabed and bedrock samples from the New Siberian Islands). The analysis of these data in the framework of regional tectonic evolution allows for correlating onshore and offshore lithospheric fragments and for recognizing regions with oceanic, transitional, and continental crust in the Circumpolar Arctic.

KW - Arctic region

KW - Crustal structure

KW - Geochronology

KW - Gravity

KW - LIPs

KW - Magnetic anomalies

KW - Moho

KW - Ocean bottom sampling

KW - Sediments

KW - Shelf

KW - Tectonic regionalization

U2 - 10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.11.013

DO - 10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.11.013

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:84950281948

SN - 0012-8252

VL - 154

SP - 29

EP - 71

JO - Earth-Science Reviews

JF - Earth-Science Reviews

ER -