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North Sea Rift and Basin Development

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Tectonics and Geophysics of Continental Rifts

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series ((ASIC,volume 37))

Abstract

The intracratonic Mesozoic North Sea rift formed part of the Arctic-North Atlantic rift system, which was emplaced during the Upper Paleozoic. Carboniferous and Permian rifts in the North Sea became inactive at the onset of the Mesozoic. During the Triassic a new complex graben and trough system formed in NW Europe. In the North Sea the Viking and Central Grabens remained active throughout the Mesozoic. With the onset of sea-floor spreading in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea the North Sea rift became inactive and the Cainozoic North Sea basin began to subside.

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Ziegler, P.A. (1978). North Sea Rift and Basin Development. In: Ramberg, I.B., Neumann, ER. (eds) Tectonics and Geophysics of Continental Rifts. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9806-3_21

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