Crustal structure of the Newfoundland rifted continental margin from constrained 3-D gravity inversion

Details Crustal structure of the Newfoundland rifted continental margin from constrained 3-D gravity inversion Crustal structure of the Newfoundland rifted continental margin from constrained 3-D gravity inversion

Nov 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007geoji.171..890w&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Journal International, Volume 171, Issue 2, pp. 890-908.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Continental Margins, Free Air Gravity, Inversion, Isostasy, Rifted Margin, Tectonics

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The rifting history of the Atlantic continental margin of Newfoundland is very complex and so far has been investigated at the crustal scale primarily with the use of 2-D seismic surveys. While informative, the results generated from these surveys cannot easily be interpreted in a regional sense due to their sparse sampling of the margin. A 3-D gravity inversion of the free air data over the Newfoundland margin allows us to generate a 3-D density anomaly model that can be compared with the seismic results and used to gain insight into regions lacking seismic coverage. Results of the gravity inversion show good correspondence with Moho depths from seismic results. A shallowing of the Moho to 12 km depth is resolved on the shelf at the northern edge of the Grand Banks, in a region poorly sampled by other methods. Comparisons between sediment thickness and crustal thickness show deviations from local isostatic compensation in locations which correlate with faults and rifting trends. Such insights must act as constraints for future palaeoreconstructions of North Atlantic rifting.

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