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- Elming, Sten-åke, et al.
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The drift of the Fennoscandian and Ukrainian Shields during the Precambrian : a Palaeomagnetic analysis
- 1993
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Ingår i: Tectonophysics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0040-1951 .- 1879-3266. ; 223:3-4, s. 177-198
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A revised Precambrian (2.85-0.6 Ga) Apparent Polar Wander Path (APWP) for the Fennoscandian Shield, based on a new compilation and analysis of data, is presented. In fitting the APW path to successive Grand Mean Palaeomagnetic poles (GMPs), we applied the spherical spline technique originally developed by Jupp and Kent in 1987. The position and orientation of the Fennoscandian Shield during 2.85-0.6 Ga was determined from the GMPs. Major palaeoclimatological findings are used to constrain the palaeomagnetic interpretation of palaeolatitudes. The general drift of Fennoscandia, from relatively high latitudes in the late Archaean-Early Proterozoic to nearly equatorial latitudes in the Middle Proterozoic, correlates with palaeoclimatological indications that a period of cold climate was followed by one of warm climate during this time interval. From the continuous APWP the APW velocities and latitudinal drift velocities of the shield were calculated. An accumulated APW curve was also calculated. The palaeomagnetic data are irregularly distributed and some periods are rather poorly represented. This means that the calculated velocities can sometimes be artifacts of sampling. Late Archaean and Early Proterozoic (2.85-1.90 Ga) data are too sparse to make these calculations meaningful and velocity calculations are therefore restricted to data of 1.90 Ga and younger ages. The accumulated APW curve shows a number of linear segments with varying slopes, indicating sudden changes in drift rate. During the Middle Proterozoic (1.90-1.35 Ga) there was a period when the rate of APW was constant and low and that of latitudinal drift also was low. This pattern changed at ca. 1.35 Ga, and the following Middle-Late Proterozoic period can be described by rapid APW and strongly fluctuating drift velocities. Jotnian rifting and the intrusion of numerous dyke swarms (at ca. 1.25 Ga) correlate with this shift in rate. These changes are attributed to changes in plate configuration. A new database for the Ukrainian Shield is also presented, and GMPs in the 2.32-1.20 Ga range are defined. The database is still inadequate and the comparison of the Ukrainian and Fennoscandian drift histories is therefore tentative. Similarities in position, latitudinal drift and rotation during the Early-Middle Proterozoic are, nevertheless, evident. A close relationship between the shields in this period is consistent with the low APW rate of Fennoscandia, indicating that Fennoscandia may have been part of a larger continent, including the Ukraine, at that time. At ca. 1.2 Ga, the latitudinal position of Ukraine differed significantly from that of Fennoscandia, suggesting that the large shield split up between ca. 1.35 and 1.2 Ga. This would explain the change in APW rate at 1.35 Ga. The subsequent increase in rate was due to a reduction in the size of the shield. The discrepancy in palaeopositions of Fennoscandia and Ukraine at 1.2 Ga led Mikhailova and Kravchenko to suggest a late Precambrian time (1.07-0.57 Ga) for the accreation of Fennoscandia to the East European Platform (EEP). This may be correct as the rate of APW for Fennoscandia decreased in the late Precambrian, reflecting such a consolidation.
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- Hobbs, R. W., et al.
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Integrated seismic studies of the Baltic shield using data in the Gulf of Bothnia region
- 1993
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Ingår i: Geophysical Journal International. - 0956-540X .- 1365-246X. ; 112:3, s. 305-324
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the autumn of 1989 a co-operative experiment involving 12 research institutions in northwestern Europe collected 2268 km of deep seismic reflection profiles in the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea. the 121 litre airgun array used for this profiling was also recorded by 62 muiticomponent land stations to provide coincident refraction surveys, fan-spreads, and 3-D seismic coverage of much of the Gulf of Bothnia. We thus have potentially both high-resolution impedance contrast images as well as more regional 3-D velocity models in both P- and S-waves. In the Bothnian Bay a south-dipping, non-reflective zone coincides with the conductive Archaean-Proterozoic boundary onshore in Finland. Between the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea observed reflectivity geometries and velocity models at Moho depths suggest structures inherited from a 1.9Ga subduction zone; the upper crust here appears to have anomalously low velocity. Within the Bothnian Sea, reflectivity varies considerably beneath the metasedimentary/granitoid rocks of the Central Svecofennian Province (CSP) and the surrounding metavolcanic-arc rocks. Numerous dipping reflectors appear throughout the metavolcanic crust, whereas the CSP has little reflectivity. Wide-angle reflections indicate that the metasedimentary crust of the Bothnian Basin is 10 km thicker than the neighbouring Svecofennian subprovinces. Near the Åland archipelago Rapakivi granite plutons exhibit bright reflections, a contrast to the usual non-reflective plutons elsewhere in western Europe. Additional dipping reflections deep in the crust of this area may support models of rifting and crustal thinning during emplacement of the 1.70-1.54 Ga Rapakivi granites. Coeval gabbroic/anorthositic magmatism may explain the high reflectivity and high velocity of these plutons. the c. 1.25 Ga mafic sills and feeder dykes of the Central Scandinavian Dolerite Group also produce clear reflections on both near- and far-offset seismic sections. Continued modelling will produce better velocity models of the crust and better constrained contour maps of crustal thickness in this part of the Baltic shield.
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- Meissner, R., et al.
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Deep seismic survey images crustal structure of Tornquist Zone beneath southern Baltic Sea
- 1991
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Ingår i: Geophysical Research Letters. - 0094-8276 .- 1944-8007. ; 18:6, s. 1091-1094
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Tornquist Zone is Europe's longest tectonic lineament and bisects the continent in a NW-SE direction from the North Sea (off NW Denmark) to the Black Sea. New deep seismic reflection and coincident refraction data have been collected across its 50 km wide, intensely faulted and inverted NW part. The marine reflection profile in the area north of Bornholm Island shows a tilted block structure in the rigid upper crust, whereas the lower crust seems to be more gently uplifted. A complex transition from the highly reflective lower crust to the mantle is indicated by mantle reflections and a curious wide-angle event recorded by a landstation on Bornholm Island. We suggest that deep-reaching inversion tectonics, induced by Alpine and Carpathian orogeny, were responsible for the development of the gross crust-mantle structure of the Tornquist Zone in our study area, which seems to be similar to that in Poland.
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- Pesonen, L. J., et al.
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Catalogue of palaeomagnetic directions and poles from Fennoscandia : Archaean to tertiary
- 1991
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Ingår i: Tectonophysics. - 0040-1951 .- 1879-3266. ; 195:2-4, s. 151-207
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Palaeomagnetic data from Fennoscandia ranging from the Archaean to the Tertiary have been compiled into a catalogue. The data are presented in table format, listing Precambrian data according to tectonomagmatic blocks and Late Precambrian-Phanerozoic data according to geological periods. Each pole is graded with the modified Briden-Duff classification scheme. The catalogue (complete to the end of 1988) contains 350 entries from 31 tectonomagmatic blocks and/or geological periods. Normal and reversed polarity data are listed separately to allow polarity asymmetries to be studied. Each entry also has an indexed abstract summarizing relevant information, such as the age of the rock, the age of the natural remanent magnetization and the basis for the assigned reliability grade. All the data are stored in the palaeomagnetic data bank, which will be updated annually with new data. The catalogue is the basic source of data for the microcomputer-based palaeomagnetic database for Fennoscandia now being compiled.
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- Öhlander, Björn, et al.
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Delineation and character of the Archaean-Proterozoic boundary in northern Sweden
- 1993
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Ingår i: Precambrian Research. - 0301-9268 .- 1872-7433. ; 64:1-4, s. 67-84
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Before the deposition of a Proterozoic cover and the repeated Proterozoic reworking of the older rocks, the presently exposed Archaean areas in northern Sweden formed part of a coherent craton. In the present study, we have used Sm---Nd isotopic analyses of Proterozoic granitoids and metavolcanics to delineate the Archaean palaeoboundary. In a regional context, the transition from strongly negative εNd(t) values in the northeast to positive values in the southwest is distinct, and approximately defines the border of the old craton. The Archaean palaeoboundary extends in a WNW direction, and is subparallel to the longitudinal axis of the Skellefte sulphide ore district but it is situated ≈ 100 km farther to the north. The ≈ 1.9 Ga old granitoids on the two sides of the palaeoboundary were all formed in compressional environments, but those situated to the north have higher contents of LILE and LREE at similar contents of Si. This indicates that they were generated in an area with thicker crust and supports the location of the Archaean-Proterozoic palaeoboundary. There is no simple correlation between the Archaean palaeoboundary, as defined by the isotopic results, and any of the major fracture systems as interpreted from regional geophysical measurements. Reflection seismic work indicates that juvenile volcanic-arc terrains to the south have been thrust onto the Archaean craton. Possible thrust faults have been identified from aeromagnetic measurements. Rifting of the Archaean craton created a passive margin ≈ 2.0 Ga ago. Spreading shifted to convergence with subduction beneath the Archaean continent ≈ 1.9 Ga ago. Subsequently, the resulting juvenile volcanic arc collided with the old continent, and the Archaean palaeoboundary as existing today was formed by a collision characterized by overthrusting. The boundary then was disturbed by later deformation predominantly along NNE-trending fracture systems.
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