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Structure and Development of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge

New Methods and Concepts

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Editors:
  1. Martin H. P. Bott

    1. University of Durham, Durham, UK

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  2. Svend Saxov

    1. Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

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  3. Manik Talwani

    1. Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, USA

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  4. Jörn Thiede

    1. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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Part of the book series: Nato Conference Series (NATOCS, volume 8)

Part of the book sub series: IV Marine Sciences (MARS)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Review of Geophysical Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Deep Structure and Geodynamics of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge: An Introductory Review

      • Martin H. P. Bott
      Pages 3-9

    3. Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge and Surrounding Regions

      • Alan G. Nunns
      Pages 11-30

    4. Crust and Upper Mantle Beneath Iceland

      • Sveinbjorn Bjornsson
      Pages 31-61

    5. The Crust Beneath the Iceland-Faeroe Ridge

      • Martin H. P. Bott
      Pages 63-75

    6. Geology and Crustal Structure of the Faeroe Islands - A Review

      • P. Hedebol Nielsen
      Pages 77-90

    7. Aspects of the Tertiary Geology of the Faeroe-Shetland Channel

      • Michael F. Ridd
      Pages 91-108

    8. Faeroe-Shetland Escarpment and Continental Margin North of the Faeroes

      • David K. Smythe
      Pages 109-119

    9. Ocean Continent Boundary under the Norwegian Continental Margin

      • Manik Talwani, John Mutter, Karl Hinz
      Pages 121-131

    10. Structure and Origin of the Wyville-Thomson Ridge

      • D. G. Roberts, M. H. P. Bott, C. Uruski
      Pages 133-158

    11. Davis Strait: Structures, Origin and Evolution

      • S. P. Srivastava
      Pages 159-189

    12. The Iceland Mantle Plume: Status of the Hypothesis After a Decade of New Work

      • Peter R. Vogt
      Pages 191-213

  3. Review of Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
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    2. New Methods in Marine Geology and Geophysics That Have Application to the Study of Greenland-Scotland Ridge

      • M. Talwani
      Pages 217-218

    3. The Seismic Reflection/Refraction Method: Wide Aperture Data Obtained in Multiship Experiments

      • Paul L. Stoffa, Peter Buhl, John B. Diebold
      Pages 219-255

    4. Ocean-Bottom Seismographs

      • R. B. Whitmarsh, R. C. Lilwall
      Pages 257-286

    5. Aspects of Bottom Boundary Layers in the Ocean

      • Gunnar Kullenberg, Ronald Zaneveld
      Pages 287-310

  4. Review of Geological Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 311-311
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    2. Outstanding Geological Problems of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge: An Introduction

      • Jörn Thiede
      Pages 313-317
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About this book

A group of geoscientists from a number of NATO countries met under NATO sponsorship in Copenhagen on February 27 and 28, 1978, and formulated a proposal entitled "EVOLUTION OF THE GREENLAND­ ICELAND-FAEROE-SCOTLAND RIDGE, A KEY AREA IN MARINE GEOSCIENCE". This part of the North Atlantic Ocean is of particular interest because of its anomalously shallow bathymetry which has profoundly influenced many aspects of the evolution of the North Atlantic. The proposed investigations therefore aim to study the deep crustal structure including relationship of continental and oceanic crust, history of subsidence of the ridge including its past role as a land bridge, age of the oceanic basement along it and its history of formation, and the influence of the ridge on Tertiary and Quaternary depositional palaeoenvironments. In furtherance of this proposal, it is intended to carry out a series of seismic and drilling operations on the Ridge during the coming years. These major marine investigations will be mainly funded from national sources. An important preliminary stage to the project is the collec­ tion and synthesis of available data. NATO has already approved a small budget for this purpose which has enabled a geoscientist to work partly at the Department of Geological Sciences of Durham University, UK, and partly at Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, USA, for about six months to compile the data. The most important map showing magnetic anomalies and lineations in the area, is included in a pocket at the back of this volume.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Durham, Durham, UK

    Martin H. P. Bott

  • Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Svend Saxov

  • Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, USA

    Manik Talwani

  • University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Jörn Thiede

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Structure and Development of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge

  • Book Subtitle: New Methods and Concepts

  • Editors: Martin H. P. Bott, Svend Saxov, Manik Talwani, Jörn Thiede

  • Series Title: Nato Conference Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3485-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1983

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-41019-2Due: 30 April 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3487-3Published: 11 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3485-9Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 685

  • Topics: Classical Mechanics

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