| Titre | Central Arctic Crustal Modeling Constrained by Potential Field data and recent ECS Seismic Data |
| Auteur | Evangelatos, J; Oakey, G N; Saltus, R |
| Séries alt. | Ressources naturelles Canada, Contribution externe 20170269 |
| Éditeur | European Geophysical Union |
| Réunion | European Geophysical Union meeting; Vienna; AT |
| Document | livre |
| Lang. | anglais |
| Media | papier |
| Programme | Préparation d'une soumission pour un plateau continental élargi dans les océans Atlantique et Arctique sur le droit de la mer (UNCLOS), Délimitation du plateau continental du Canada en vertu de la
Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer (UNCLOS) |
| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
2-D gravity and magnetic models have been generated for several transects across the Alpha-Mendeleev ridge complex to study the regional variability of the
crustal structure and identify large scale lateral changes. The geometry and density parameters for the models have been constrained using recently acquired seismic reflection and refraction data collected jointly by Canada and the United States as
part of their collaborative Arctic ECS programs.
A total of fifteen models have been generated perpendicular to the ridge complex, typically 50 to 150 km apart. A minimalist approach to modeling involved maintaining a simple, laterally continuous
density structure for the crust while varying the model geometry to fit the observed gravity field. This approach is justified because low amplitude residual Bouguer anomalies suggest a relatively homogenous density structure within the ridge
complex. These models have provided a new measure of the regional variability in crustal thickness. Typically, models with thinner crust correspond with deeper bathymetric depths of the ridge which is consistent with regional isostatic
equilibrium.
Complex ¿chaotic¿ magnetic anomalies are associated with the Alpha-Mendeleev ridge complex, which extends beneath the surrounding sedimentary basins. Pseudogravity inversion (magnetic potential) of the magnetic field provides a
quantifiable areal extent of 1.3 x106 km2. Forward modeling confirms that the magnetic anomalies are not solely the result of magnetized bathymetric highs, but are caused to a great extent by mid- and lower crustal sources. The magnetization of the
crust inferred from modeling is significantly higher than available lab measurements of onshore volcanic rocks.
Although the 2-D models cannot uniquely identify whether the crustal protolith was continental or oceanic, there is a necessity for a
significant content of high density and highly magnetic (ultramafic) material. Based on the crustal thickness estimates from our regional 2-D gravity models and the two possible protoliths, we determine volumetric estimates of the volcanic
composition to ~ 6 X 106 km3 for the mid- and upper-crust and between 10 X 106 and 14 X 106 km3 within the lower crust ¿ for a total of at least ~ 16 X 106 km3. This exceeds any estimates for the onshore circum-Arctic HALIP by more than an order of
magnitude. |
| Résumé | (Résumé en langage clair et simple, non publié)
Des modèles de structure gravitaire et de structure crustale magnétique ont été construits pour quinze transects à travers le complexe de crêtes
Alpha-Mendeleev, les bassins de Makarov-Podvodnikov, la crête de Lomonosov et dans le bassin d'Amundsen. Les modèles ont été contraints en utilisant des données de réflexion sismique et de réfraction lorsqu'elles étaient disponibles. Les modèles
étaient basés sur une approche simpliste pour minimiser les paramètres de densité et d'aimantation. Les résultats montrent une continuité latérale remarquablement uniforme de ces caractéristiques géologiques de premier ordre. Cette étude fournit un
cadre pour définir la «continuité géologique» de la soumission du plateau continental étendu du Canada tel que défini par la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer (UNCLOS). |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306204 |
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