Exhumation of the North Atlantic margin: introduction and background

Neogene stratigraphy and the sedimentary and oceanographic development of the NW European Atlantic margin

“…However, the configuration of the NW European margin has been significantly modified by late Palaeogene and Neogene epeirogenic and compressive movements (e.g. Doré et al, 1999Doré et al, , 2002, indicating an evolution that has been anything but passive. Epeirogenic movements have resulted in a series of broad domes along the NW European margin, recording kilometre-scale uplift (Rohrman and van der Beek, 1996;Japsen and Chalmers, 2000), as well as in offshore episodes of rapid differential deepening, also of kilometre-scale (e.g.…”

Cenozoic uplift of Nuussuaq and Disko, West Greenland—elevated erosion surfaces as uplift markers of a passive margin

“…The timing and amount of Cenozoic uplift and erosion along the passive margins around the North Atlantic are a topic of debate (Japsen and Chalmers, 2000;Doré et al, 2002;Fig. 1).…”

Palaeosurfaces in central West Greenland as reference for identification of tectonic movements and estimation of erosion

“…The relationships between uplift, erosion and sedimentation along the elevated passive continental margins of the North Atlantic and which the driving forces are, tectonic or climatic, have become a key issue for geomorphologists, geophysicists and geologists (Japsen and Chalmers, 2000;Doré et al, 2002). Important questions are when the areas have risen, if the uplift was simultaneous across the region, and how much different areas were uplifted.…”