Fission track analysis, rift shoulder uplift, and tectonic modeling of the Norwegian Continental Margin

Conference · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (United States)

OSTI ID:6917167

Andriessen, P; Van Der Beek, P; Cloetingh, S; Rohrman, M ^[1]

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1. Free Univ., Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Apatite fission track analysis from southern Norway and Sweden, across the Permian Carboniferous Oslo rift, are presented and discussed in relation to different rifting scenarios. Vertical and horizontal apatite fission tack profiles in middle and southern Norway unravel the post-Carboniferous history of the Fennoscandian shield. Fission track apatite ages range from 240 Ma in the south to 160 Ma in the north, and according to spontaneous fission track length measurements, they must be interpreted as mixed ages, indicating minor amounts of Paleozoic-Mesozoic sedimentary cover. Apatite fission track length and age modeling suggest rapid cooling and uplift in the Tertiary for the southernmost part of Norway, suggesting a differential uplift of the basement. the obtained data are important for the reconstruction of burial and thermal histories of Cenozoic sedimentary basins of the Norwegian continental margin in the northern North Sea, where diverse rifting events, intraplate stress regimes, and inversion tectonics are involved. Fission track analysis puts constraints on tectonic modeling of uplift of rift flanks and the Norwegian continental margin and yields information for these assessment of hydrocarbon potentials of the sedimentary basins.

• OSTI ID: 6917167
• Report Number(s): CONF-9310237--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (United States) Journal Volume: 77:9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
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APATITES
ATLANTIC OCEAN
CENOZOIC ERA
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
DATA ANALYSIS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
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GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGIC FAULTS
GEOLOGIC FRACTURES
GEOLOGIC HISTORY
GEOLOGIC MODELS
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
HYDROCARBONS
MESOZOIC ERA
MINERALS
NORTH SEA
NORWAY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PARTICLE TRACKS
PHOSPHATE MINERALS
RESOURCE POTENTIAL
SCANDINAVIA
SEAS
SEDIMENTARY BASINS
SURFACE WATERS
TECTONICS
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