Vøring Margin

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Vøring Margin is a major passive continental margin off the coast of Norway that forms part of the North Atlantic rifted margin system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Vøring Margin canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf passive continental margin ⓘ
rifted continental margin ⓘ
adjacentTo Mid-Norwegian continental shelf ⓘ
linked to: Møre Margin

Vøring Basin ⓘ
associatedWithProcess North Atlantic opening ⓘ
countryJurisdiction Norway ⓘ
formedBy breakup of Pangaea ⓘ
continental rifting ⓘ
formsBoundaryWith Norwegian-Greenland Sea ⓘ
linked to: Greenland Sea
formsPartOf Norwegian passive margin ⓘ
geologicalAge Mesozoic to Cenozoic development ⓘ
hasBasement Caledonian orogenic crust (reworked) ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance hydrocarbon exploration area ⓘ
hasFeature faulted basement blocks ⓘ
large sedimentary basins ⓘ
seaward-dipping reflectors ⓘ
volcanic margin sequences ⓘ
hasPostRiftProcess sediment loading ⓘ
thermal subsidence ⓘ
hasResearchTopic continental breakup processes ⓘ
magma-rich margin evolution ⓘ
rift-to-drift transition ⓘ
hasSedimentaryBasin Vøring Basin ⓘ
hasStratigraphy Cenozoic sedimentary succession ⓘ
thick Mesozoic sedimentary succession ⓘ
hasTectonicStyle normal faulting during rifting ⓘ
isExampleOf volcanic rifted margin ⓘ
isImportantFor North Atlantic plate reconstruction studies ⓘ
isSegmentOf Mid-Norwegian margin ⓘ
linked to: Møre Margin
locatedIn Norwegian Sea ⓘ
locatedOnSideOf North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
marginType volcanic passive margin ⓘ
oceanContinentTransition present ⓘ
offCoastOf Norway ⓘ
overlainBy Cenozoic sediments ⓘ
partOf North Atlantic rifted margin system ⓘ
relatedTo Lofoten-Vesterålen Margin ⓘ
Møre Margin ⓘ
riftPhase Early Cenozoic rifting ⓘ
Mesozoic rifting ⓘ
studiedBy ocean drilling ⓘ
potential field data ⓘ
seismic reflection surveys ⓘ
seismic refraction surveys ⓘ
tectonicSetting Atlantic-type passive margin ⓘ
underlainBy extended continental crust ⓘ
thinned lithosphere ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vøring Plateau → locatedOn → Vøring Margin ⓘ
Møre Margin → adjacentTo → Vøring Margin ⓘ