Open AccessDeep seismic experiments investigate crustal development at continental margin
Author(s) -
Morewood Nigel C.,
Shan Patrick M.,
Mackenzie Graeme D.,
O'Reilly Brian M.,
Jacob A. W. Brian,
Makris JannisJannis
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2003eo240001
Subject(s) - geology , continental margin , continental crust , crust , oceanic crust , seismology , earth science , margin (machine learning) , paleontology , subduction , tectonics , machine learning , computer science
Important advances have been made in recent years regarding our understanding of the processes involved during continental break‐up. Much of this knowledge has arisen from deep seismic profiles of the Atlantic margins. The continent‐ocean transition (COT) at many locations along the North Atlantic margin consists of a zone of ‘transitional’ crust that lies between thinned continental crust and unequivocal oceanic crust. The origin of this transitional crust is poorly understood, and yet it is likely to provide key information regarding the break‐up process.