Møre Margin

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

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Møre Margin canonical 2
Mid-Norwegian continental shelf 1
Mid-Norwegian margin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental margin ⓘ
adjacentTo Faeroe–Shetland Basin ⓘ
Møre Basin ⓘ
linked to: Møre Margin

Vøring Margin ⓘ
borders North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: North Atlantic
characterizedBy normal fault blocks ⓘ
seaward-dipping reflectors ⓘ
thick sedimentary basins ⓘ
volcanic margin features ⓘ
contains hydrocarbon-bearing basins ⓘ
countryJurisdiction Norway ⓘ
evolvesWith North Atlantic opening ⓘ
formedBy breakup of Pangaea ⓘ
continental rifting ⓘ
formsPartOf NE Atlantic volcanic province ⓘ
hasBathymetry continental rise ⓘ
deep-water continental slope ⓘ
hasGeologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
linked to: Mesozoic Era
hasSedimentaryCover Mesozoic–Cenozoic sediments ⓘ
hasStructuralElement rift basins ⓘ
tilted fault blocks ⓘ
transfer zones ⓘ
volcanic complexes ⓘ
isExploredFor natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
linkedTectonicallyTo Jan Mayen Corridor ⓘ
Vøring Basin ⓘ
locatedIn Norwegian Sea ⓘ
majorBreakupPhase Paleogene ⓘ
marginType volcanic rifted margin ⓘ
namedAfter Møre region ⓘ
linked to: Møre og Romsdal
offCoastOf Norway ⓘ
overlies Caledonian basement ⓘ
linked to: British Caledonides
partOf North Atlantic rifted margin system ⓘ
Norwegian continental margin ⓘ
relatedTo Greenland–Norway separation ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
petroleum geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
riftingInitiated Late Jurassic ⓘ
seawardOf Norwegian mainland ⓘ
studiedBy marine gravity surveys ⓘ
marine magnetic surveys ⓘ
marine seismic reflection surveys ⓘ
tectonicSetting Atlantic-type margin ⓘ
passive margin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Vøring Plateau → adjacentTo → Møre Margin ⓘ
Vøring Margin → adjacentTo → Mid-Norwegian continental shelf ⓘ
linked to: Møre Margin
Vøring Margin → isSegmentOf → Mid-Norwegian margin ⓘ
linked to: Møre Margin
Vøring Margin → relatedTo → Møre Margin ⓘ
Møre Margin → adjacentTo → Møre Basin ⓘ
linked to: Møre Margin