• 3-D seismic images of an extensive igneous sill in the lower crust 

      Wrona, Thilo; Magee, Craig; Fossen, Haakon; Gawthorpe, Rob; Bell, Rebecca E.; Jackson, Christopher Aiden Lee; Faleide, Jan Inge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-31)
      When continents rift, magmatism can produce large volumes of melt that migrate upwards from deep below the Earth’s surface. To understand how magmatism impacts rifting, it is critical to understand how much melt is generated ...
    • Basement structure and its influence on the structural configuration of the northern North Sea rift 

      Fazli Khani, Hamed; Fossen, Haakon; Gawthorpe, Robert; Faleide, Jan Inge; Bell, Rebecca E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06)
      The northern North Sea rift basin developed on a heterogeneous crust comprising structures inherited from the Caledonian orogeny and Devonian postorogenic extension. Integrating two‐dimensional regional seismic reflection ...
    • Coupling Crustal-Scale Rift Architecture With Passive Margin Salt Tectonics: A Geodynamic Modeling Approach 

      Pichel, Leonardo Muniz; Huismans, Ritske Sipke; Gawthorpe, Rob; Faleide, Jan Inge; Theunissen, Thomas Louis Roger Dominique (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Continental rifted margins are often associated with widespread, thick evaporite (i.e., salt) deposits and pronounced salt tectonics. The majority of salt basins formed during the latest stages of rifting, prior to continental ...
    • Crustal domains in the Western Barents Sea 

      Shulgin, Alexey A; Faleide, Jan Inge; Mjelde, Rolf; Breivik, Asbjørn Johan; Huismans, Ritske Sipke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The crustal architecture of the Barents Sea is still enigmatic due to complex evolution during the Timanian and Caledonian orogeny events, further complicated by several rifting episodes. In this study we present the new ...
    • Crustal structure and erosion of the Lofoten/Vesterålen shelf, northern Norwegian margin 

      Breivik, Asbjørn Johan; Faleide, Jan Inge; Mjelde, Rolf; Flueh, Ernst; Murai, Yoshio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The Norwegian continental shelf has been through several rift phases since the Caledonian orogeny. Early Cretaceous rifting created the largest sedimentary basins, and Early Cenozoic continental breakup between East Greenland ...
    • Crustal structure and evolution of the Arctic Caledonides: Results fromcontrolled-source seismology 

      Aarseth, Iselin; Mjelde, Rolf; Breivik, Asbjørn Johan; Minakov, Alexander; Faleide, Jan Inge; Flueh, Ernst R.; Huismans, Ritske (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10)
      The continuation of the Caledonides into the Barents Sea has long been a subject of discussion, and two major orientations of the Caledonian deformation fronts have been suggested: NNW-SSE striking and NE-SW striking. A ...
    • The crustal structure in the transition zone between the western and eastern Barents Sea 

      Shulgin, Alexey A; Mjelde, Rolf; Faleide, Jan Inge; Høy, Tore; Flueh, Ernst; Thybo, Hans (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-07)
      We present a crustal-scale seismic profile in the Barents Sea based on new data. Wide-angle seismic data were recorded along a 600 km long profile at 38 ocean bottom seismometer and 52 onshore station locations. The modelling ...
    • From Caledonian collapse to North Sea Rift: The extended history of a metamorphic core complex 

      Wiest, Johannes; Wrona, Thilo; Bauck, Marit Stokke; Fossen, Haakon; Gawthorpe, Rob; Osmundsen, Per Terje; Faleide, Jan Inge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Extensional systems evolve through different stages due to changes in the rheological state of the lithosphere. It is crucial to distinguish ductile structures formed before and during rifting, as both cases have important ...
    • How post-salt sediment flux and progradation rate influence salt tectonics on rifted margins: Insights from geodynamic modelling 

      Pichel, Leonardo Muniz; Huismans, Ritske Sipke; Gawthorpe, Rob; Faleide, Jan Inge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Continental rifted margins can be associated with widespread and thick salt deposits, which are often formed during the final stages of rifting, prior to breakup. These salt-bearing margins are typically characterized by ...
    • The influence of structural inheritance and multiphase extension on rift development, the northern North Sea 

      Phillips, Thomas B.; Fazlikhani, Hamed; Gawthorpe, Rob; Fossen, Haakon; Jackson, Christopher Aiden Lee; Bell, Rebecca E.; Faleide, Jan Inge; Rotevatn, Atle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-08)
      The northern North Sea rift evolved through multiple rift phases within a highly heterogeneous crystalline basement. The geometry and evolution of syn‐rift depocenters during this multiphase evolution and the mechanisms ...
    • Late-syn- to post-rift salt tectonics on wide rifted margins—Insights from geodynamic modeling 

      Pichel, Leonardo Muniz; Huismans, Ritske Sipke; Gawthorpe, Rob; Faleide, Jan Inge; Theunissen, Thomas Louis Roger Dominique (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Rifted margins are often associated with widespread and thick evaporite (salt) deposits and pronounced salt tectonics. The largest salt basins formed during the latest stages of rifting, immediately prior to continental ...
    • Linking regional unconformities in the Barents Sea to compression-induced forebulge uplift at the Triassic-Jurassic transition 

      Müller, Reidar; Klausen, Tore Grane; Faleide, Jan Inge; Olaussen, Snorre; Eide, Christian Haug; Suslova, Anna A.; Suslova, Elena N. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The Triassic-Jurassic transition marks an important change in the basin configuration of the Greater Barents Sea. A contiguous basin with km-thick sedimentary successions changed into a partitioned basin with uplift in the ...
    • A new tectono-magmatic model for the Lofoten/Vesterålen Margin at the outer limit of the Iceland Plume influence 

      Breivik, Asbjørn Johan; Faleide, Jan Inge; Mjelde, Rolf; Flueh, Ernst R.; Murai, Yoshio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10)
      The Early Eocene continental breakup was magma-rich and formed part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province. Extrusive and intrusive magmatism was abundant on the continental side, and a thick oceanic crust was produced up ...
    • Northeast Atlantic breakup volcanism and consequences for Paleogene climate change – MagellanPlus Workshop report 

      Berndt, Christian; Planke, Sverre; Teagle, Damon; Huismans, Ritske; Torsvik, Trond Helge; Frieling, Joost; Jones, Morgan Thomas; Jerram, Dougal Alexander; Tegner, Christian; Faleide, Jan Inge; Coxall, Helen; Hong, Wei-Li (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-02)
      The northeast Atlantic encompasses archetypal examples of volcanic rifted margins. Twenty-five years after the last ODP (Ocean Drilling Program) leg on these volcanic margins, the reasons for excess melting are still ...
    • Prestack inversion and multiattribute analysis for porosity, shale volume, and sand probability in the Havert Formation of the Goliat field, southwest Barents Sea 

      Yenwongfai, Honore Dzekamelive; Mondol, Nazmul Haque; Faleide, Jan Inge; Lecomte, Isabelle; Leutscher, Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08)
      An integrated innovative multidisciplinary approach has been used to estimate effective porosity (PHIE), shale volume (Vsh), and sand probability from prestack angle gathers and petrophysical well logs within the Lower ...
    • Seafloor expression and shallow structure of a surfacing fold-and-thrust system: an example from Isfjorden, West Spitsbergen 

      Blinova, Maria; Faleide, Jan Inge; Gabrielsen, Roy H.; Mjelde, Rolf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)
      A detailed map of the structure of the West Spitsbergen Fold-and-Thrust Belt in the shallow part of the Isfjorden area, Spitsbergen, is presented. The map was constructed from a new dense grid of 2D multichannel reflection ...
    • Shallow-water hydrothermal venting linked to the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum 

      Berndt, Christian; Planke, Sverre; Alvarez Zarikian, Carlos A.; Frieling, Joost; Jones, Morgan Thomas; Millett, John M.; Brinkhuis, Henk; Bünz, Stefan; Svensen, Henrik Hovland; Longman, Jack; Scherer, Reed P.; Karstens, Jens; Manton, Ben; Nelissen, Mei; Reed, Brandon; Faleide, Jan Inge; Huismans, Ritske Sipke; Agarwal, Amar; Andrews, Graham D.M.; Betlem, Peter; Bhattacharya, Joyeeta; Chatterjee, Sayantani; Christopoulou, Marialena; Clementi, Vincent J.; Ferré, Eric C.; Filina, Irina Y.; Guo, Pengyuan; Harper, Dustin T.; Lambart, Sarah; Mohn, Geoffroy; Nakaoka, Reina; Tegner, Christian; Varela, Natalia; Wang, Mengyuan; Xu, Weimu; Yager, Stacy L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) was a global warming event of 5–6 °C around 56 million years ago caused by input of carbon into the ocean and atmosphere. Hydrothermal venting of greenhouse gases produced in ...
    • Structure and evolution of the Bellsund Graben between Forlandsundet and Bellsund (Spitsbergen) based on marine seismic data 

      Blinova, Maria; Thorsen, Rune; Mjelde, Rolf; Faleide, Jan Inge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009)
      Seismic interpretation of multi-channel seismic data acquired along the western shelf of Spitsbergen allowed identification of the main geological features of the area, including the Hornsund Fault Zone, and the Forlandsundet ...