893
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Articles

Magnetotelluric signatures of the complex tertiary fold–thrust belt and extensional fault architecture beneath Brøggerhalvøya, Svalbard

, ORCID Icon, &

References

  • Bælum K. & Braathen A. 2012. Along-strike changes in fault array and rift basin geometry of the Carboniferous Billefjorden Trough, Svalbard, Norway. Tectonophysics 546, 1–14.
  • Beka T.I., Senger K., Autio U.A., Smirnov M. & Birkelund Y. 2017. Integrated electromagnetic data investigation of a Mesozoic CO2 storage target reservoir-cap-rock succession, Svalbard. Journal of Applied Geophysics 136, 417–430.
  • Beka T.I., Smirnov M., Bergh S.G. & Birkelund Y. 2015. The first magnetotelluric image of the lithospheric-scale geological architecture in central Svalbard, Arctic Norway. Polar Research 34, article no. 26766, doi: 10.3402/polar.v34.26766
  • Beka T.I., Smirnov M., Birkelund Y., Senger K. & Bergh S.G. 2016. Analysis and 3D inversion of magnetotelluric crooked profile data from central Svalbard for geothermal application. Tectonophysics 686, 98–115.
  • Berdichevsky M. 1960. Principles of magnetotelluric profiling theory. Applied Geophysics 28, 70–91.
  • Bergh S.G., Braathen A. & Andresen A. 1997. Interaction of basement-involved and thin-skinned tectonism in the Tertiary fold–thrust belt of central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 81, 637–661.
  • Bergh S.G. & Grogan P. 2003. Tertiary structure of the Sorkapp–Hornsund region, south Spitsbergen, and implications for the offshore southern extension of the fold–thrust belt. Norwegian Journal of Geology 83, 43–60.
  • Bergh S.G., Maher H.D. & Braathen A. 2000. Tertiary divergent thrust directions from partitioned transpression, Brøggerhalvøya, Spitsbergen. Norwegian Journal of Geology 80, 63–81.
  • Blinova M., Faleide J.I., Gabrielsen R.H. & Mjelde R. 2012. Seafloor expression and shallow structure of a fold-and-thrust system, Isfjorden, west Spitsbergen. Polar Research, 31, article no. 11209, doi: 10.3402/polar.v31i0.11209
  • Booker J.R. 2014. The magnetotelluric phase tensor: a critical review. Surveys in Geophysics 35, 7–40.
  • Braathen A., Bergh S.G. & Maher H.D. 1999. Application of a critical wedge taper model to the Tertiary transpressional fold–thrust belt on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Geological Society of America Bulletin 111, 1468–1485.
  • Cagniard L. 1953. Basic theory of the magnetotelluric method of geophysical prospecting. Geophysics 18, 605–635.
  • Caldwell T.G., Bibby H.M. & Brown C. 2004. The magnetotelluric phase tensor. Geophysical Journal International 158, 457–469.
  • Challinor A. 1967. The structure of Brøggerhalvøya, Spitsbergen. Geological Magazine 104, 322–336.
  • Chave A.D. & Jones A.G. 2012. The magnetotelluric method: theory and practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Cherevatova M., Smirnov M.Y., Jones A., Pedersen L., Group M.W., Beckan M., Biolik M., Cherevatova M., Ebbing J., Gradmann S., Gurk M., Hubert J., Jones A.G., Junge A., Kamm J., Korja T., Il L., Lower A., Nigginger C., Pedersen L.B., Savvaidis A. & Smirnov M. 2015. Magnetotelluric array data analysis from north-west Fennoscandia. Tectonophysics 653, 1–19.
  • Constable S.C., Parker R.L. & Constable C.G. 1987. Occam’s inversion: a practical algorithm for generating smooth models from electromagnetic sounding data. Geophysics 52, 289–300.
  • Cutbill J. & Challinor A. 1965. Revision of the stratigraphical scheme for the Carboniferous and Permian rocks of Spitsbergen and Bjørnøya. Geological Magazine 102, 418–439.
  • Dallmann W.K. 1999. Lithostratigraphic lexicon of Svalbard. Tromsø: Norwegian Polar Institute.
  • Dallmann W.K., Andresen A., Bergh S.G., Maher H.D.J. & Ohta Y. 1993. Tertiary fold-and-thrust belt of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Meddelelser 128. Oslo: Norwegian Polar Institute.
  • Eberhart-Phillips D., Stanley W.D., Rodriguez B.D. & Lutter W.J. 1995. Surface seismic and electrical methods to detect fluids related to faulting. Journal of Geophysical Research—Solid Earth 100, 12919–12936.
  • Efron B. & Tibshirani R.J. 1994. An introduction to the bootstrap. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
  • Egbert G.D. & Kelbert A. 2012. Computational recipes for electromagnetic inverse problems. Geophysical Journal International 189, 251–267.
  • Eiken O. 1994. Seismic atlas of western Svalbard. Meddelelser 130. Oslo: Norwegian Polar Institute.
  • Faleide J.I., Tsikalas F., Breivik A.J., Mjelde R., Ritzmann O., Engen O., Wilson J. & Eldholm O. 2008. Structure and evolution of the continental margin off Norway and the Barents Sea. Episodes 31, 82–91.
  • Gabrielsen R.H., Kløvjan O.B.S., Haugsbø H., Midbøe P.S., Nøttvedt A., Rasmussen E. & Skott P.H. 1992. A structural outline of Forlandsundet Graben, Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard. Norwegian Journal of Geology 72, 105–120.
  • Haremo P., Andresen A., Dypvik H., Nagy J., Elverhøi A., Eikeland T.A. & Johansen H. 1990. Structural development along the Billefjorden Fault Zone in the area between Kjellstrømdalen and Adventdalen/Sassendalen, central Spitsbergen. Polar Research 8, 195–216.
  • Harland W.B. 1997. The geology of Svalbard. London: Geological Society.
  • Hjelle A. 1999. Geological map of Svalbard 1:100 000. Sheet A7G Kongsfjorden. Tromsø: Norwegian Polar Institute.
  • Jakobsson M., Mayer L., Coakley B., Dowdeswell J.A., Forbes S., Fridman B., Hodnesdal H., Noormets R., Pedersen R., Rebesco M., Schenke H.W., Zaraskaya Y., Acetella D., Armstrong A., Anderson R.M., Edwards M., Gardner J.V., Hall J.K., Hell B., Bestvik O., Kristoffersen Y., Marcussen C., Mohammed R., Mosher D., Nghiem S.V., Pedrosa M.T., Travaglini P.G & Weatherall P. 2012. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) version 3.0. Geophysical Research Letters 39, L12609, doi: 10.1029/2012GL052219
  • Jiracek G.R. 1990. Near-surface and topographic distortions in electromagnetic induction. Surveys in Geophysics 11, 163–203.
  • Kalscheuer T., Juanatey D.Á.G., Meqbel N. & Pedersen L.B. 2010. Non-linear model error and resolution properties from two-dimensional single and joint inversions of direct current resistivity and radiomagnetotelluric data. Geophysical Journal International 182, 1174–1188.
  • Kelbert A., Meqbel N., Egbert G.D. & Tandon K. 2014. ModEM: a modular system for inversion of electromagnetic geophysical data. Computers & Geosciences 66, 40–53.
  • Khutorskoi M., Leonov Y.G., Ermakov A. & Akhmedzyanov V. 2009. Abnormal heat flow and the trough’s nature in the northern Svalbard plate. Doklady Earth Sciences 424, 29–35.
  • Maher H.D., Bergh S., Braathen A. & Ohta Y. 1997. Svartfjella, Eidembukta, and Daudmannsodden lineament: tertiary orogen-parallel motion in the crystalline hinterland of Spitsbergen’s fold–thrust belt. Tectonics 16, 88–106.
  • Meqbel N.M.M. 2009. The electrical conductivity structure of the Dead Sea Basin derived from 2D and 3D inversion of magnetotelluric data. PhD thesis, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
  • Palacky G. 1987. Resistivity characteristics of geologic targets. In: M.N. Nabighian (ed.): Electromagnetic methods in applied geophysics. Pp. 53–129. Tulsa: Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
  • Pedersen L.B. & Engels M. 2005. Routine 2D inversion of magnetotelluric data using the determinant of the impedance tensor. Geophysics 70, G33–G41.
  • Saalmann K. & Thiedig F. 2002. Thrust tectonics on Brøggerhalvøya and their relationship to the Tertiary West Spitsbergen Fold-and-Thrust Belt. Geological Magazine 139, 47–72.
  • Sahr J.D., Farley D.T., Swartz W.E. & Providakes J.F. 1991. The altitude of type 3 auroral irregularities: radar interferometer observations and implications. Journal of Geophysical Research—Space Physics 96, 17805–17811.
  • Samrock F., Kuvshinov A., Bakker J., Jackson A. & Fisseha S. 2015. 3-D analysis and interpretation of magnetotelluric data from the Aluto-Langano geothermal field, Ethiopia. Geophysical Journal International 202, 1923–1948.
  • Simpson F. & Bahr K. 2005. Practical magnetotellurics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Siripunvaraporn W. & Egbert G. 2000. An efficient data-subspace inversion method for 2-D magnetotelluric data. Geophysics 65, 791–803.
  • Siripunvaraporn W., Egbert G. & Uyeshima M. 2005. Interpretation of two-dimensional magnetotelluric profile data with three-dimensional inversion: synthetic examples. Geophysical Journal International 160, 804–814.
  • Slagstad T., Balling N., Elvebakk H., Midttømme K., Olesen O., Olsen L. & Pascal C. 2009. Heat-flow measurements in Late Palaeoproterozoic to Permian geological provinces in south and central Norway and a new heat-flow map of Fennoscandia and the Norwegian–greenland Sea. Tectonophysics 473, 341–361.
  • Smirnov M., Korja T., Dynesius L., Pedersen L.B. & Laukkanen E. 2008. Broadband magnetotelluric instruments for near-surface and lithospheric studies of electrical conductivity: a Fennoscandian pool of magnetotelluric instruments. Geophysica 44, 31–44.
  • Smirnov M.Y. 2003. Magnetotelluric data processing with a robust statistical procedure having a high breakdown point. Geophysical Journal International 152, 1–7.
  • Smirnov M.Y. & Pedersen L.B. 2009. Magnetotelluric measurements across the Sorgenfrei-Tornquist Zone in southern Sweden and Denmark. Geophysical Journal International 176, 443–456.
  • Steel R.J. & Worsley D. 1984. Svalbard’s post-Caledonian strata-an atlas of sedimentational patterns and palaeogeographic evolution. In A.M. Spencer et al. (eds.): Petroleum geology of the North European margin. Pp. 109–135. London: Graham & Trotman.
  • Tikhonov A. 1950. On determining electrical characteristics of the deep layers of the Earth’s crust. Doklady Akademii Nauk 73, 295–297.
  • Vågnes E. & Amundsen H.E.F. 1993. Late Cenozoic uplift and volcanism on Spitsbergen: caused by mantle convection? Geology 21, 251–254.
  • Viljanen A., Pirjola R. & Amm O. 1999. Magnetotelluric source effect due to 3D ionospheric current systems using the complex image method for 1D conductivity structures. Earth Planets Space 51, 933–945.
  • Vozoff K. 1972. The magnetotelluric method in the exploration of sedimentary basins. Geophysics 37, 98–141.
  • Wiese H. 1965. Geomagnetische Induktionspfeile in der ČSSR, Hervorgerufen durch Grossräumige Elektrische Leitfähigkeitsstrukturen. (Geomagnetic induction arrows in the CSSR, caused by large-scale electrical conductivity structures.) Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 9, 415–419.
  • Worsley D. 2008. The post-Caledonian development of Svalbard and the western Barents Sea. Polar Research 27, 298–317.