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Tectonic  map  of  the  arctic

 An area north of the Arctic Circle is composed of a great variety of tectonic crustal domains and overlying sedimentary accumulations ranging from the pre-Neoproterozoic North America, Baltica and Siberia cratons, to Cretaceous and Cenozoic oceanic basins. In addition, there is a series of Neoproterozoic and Phanerozoic fold belts extending onto the Arctic shelves and forming their tectonic basement. This region is among the least studied parts of our planet, and its tectonics and geological history is among the most debated of any region on Earth. Points that remain highly disputed include the following:
  • timing and plate kinematics associated with Amerasia Basin formation,
  • Alpha-Mendeleev Large Igneous Province: age of magmatism and nature of crust,
  • offshore extent of the Scandinavian Caledonides,
  • location of the Uralian Fold Belt beneath thick sedimentary cover in the Kara-Yamal region and its relationship with the Late Paleozoic Taimyr Fold Belt,
  • relationship between the Siberian Craton, Taimyr and Verkhoyansk fold belts beneath the Laptev Sea Shelf,
  • age and boundaries of the DeLong Massif in the northern East Siberian Sea and its relationship with Kotel'nyi Island geology,
  • location of the northern limit of Late Mesozoic compressional deformation across the East Siberian Arctic Shelf,
  • occurrence of Caledonian/Ellesmerian compressional deformation on Wrangel Island, the New Siberian Islands and the Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago,
  • offshore extent of the South Anyui Suture,
  • and many others.
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We work on compilation of a new Tectonic Map of the Arctic that is designed to portrait first-order tectonic elements associated with Arctic crust, crustal-scale discontinuities and their ages, as well as the characteristics of the lithosphere as a whole using available published geological and geophysical data.
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Tectonic map of the Arctic by ArcGeoLink Limited. ArcGIS version to follow shortly.
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Crustal domains of the Arctic by ArcGeoLink Ltd. ArcGIS version to follow shortly.
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Main data sources used to compile Tectonic map of the Arctic.
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REGION
DATA SOURCE
0
Pan-Arctic
McAdoo et al. 2013; Jakobsson et al. 2012; Gaina et al. 2011; Grantz et al. 2011; Harrison et al. 2008; 
1
Eurasia Basin and its margins
Urlaub et al. 2009; Glebovsky et al. 2006; Jokat & Micksch 2004; Brozena et al. 2003; Engen et al. 2003; Ritzmann & Jokat 2003; Weigelt & Jokat 2001; Jokat et al. 1992; Kristoffersen 1990; Vogt et al. 1979; Karasik 1974;
2
Lomonosov Ridge
Drachev et al. 2018; Jokat et al. 2013; Poselov et al. 2011; Moore et al. 2011; Jackson et al. 2010; Jokat 2005; Grantz et al. 2001; Jokat 1998; Kristoffersen et al. 1997; Jokat et al. 1992; Fütterer, 1992
3
Northern Amerasia Basin
Døssing et al. 2013; Morozov et al. 2013; Poselov et al. 2011, 2012; Bruvoll et al. 2010, 2012; Jokat & Ickrath 2011; Dove et al. 2010; Jokat et al. 2009; Brumley et al. 2008; Lebedeva-Ivanova et al. 2004, 2006, 2011; Jokat 1998, 2003; Zamansky et al. 2002; Sorokin et al., 1999
4
Canada Basin
Mosher et al. 2012; Helwig et al., 2011; Grantz et al. 2011, 1998, 1990 
5
Chukchi Borderland
O'Brien et al. 2013; Brumley et al. 2012; Dove et al. 2010;
6
Arctic Alaska-Beafort Sea-US Chukchi Sea
Moore & Box 2016; Moore et al. 2015; Toro et al. 2015; Houseknecht & Bird 2011; Kumar et al. 2011; Garrity & Soller 2009; Sherwood 2002, 2006; Klemperer et al. 2002; Moore et al. 2002; Lane 2007; Moore et al. 1994
7
Southern Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Harrison & Brent, 2005; Lane & Dietrich 1995; Trettin 1991
8
Northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Piepjhon et al. 2015; Gottlieb et al. 2014; Piepjhon et al. 2013; Gosen et al. 2012; Kirkland et al. 2009; Harrison & Brent, 2005; Lane & Dietrich 1995; Trettin 1991
9
Baffin Bay
Hosseinpour et al. 2013; Oakey et al. 2012; Oakey & Chalmers 2012;
10
Greenland
Henriksen et al. 2009; Henriksen 2008; East Greenland Geol. Map 2003; Piepjohn & von Gosen 2001; Geol. Map of Greenland 1995
11
East Greenland margin
Dinkelman et al. 2010; Hamann et al. 2005; Stemmerik et al. 2005; Larsen 1980, 1984
12
Norwegian-Greenland Basin
Blischke et al. 2011; Gaina et al. 2009; Mjelde et al. 2008; Gernigon et al. 2009; Lundin & Doré 2002; Mosar et al. 2002
13
Fennoscandia
Corfu et al. 2014; Gee et al. 1985, 2008;
14
Greater Barents Sea
Klitzke et al. 2015; Marello et al. 2010 & 2013; Nikishin et al. 2013; Gernigon & Brönner, 2012; Henriksen et al. 2011; Ivanova et al. 2011; Smelror et al. 2009; Faleide et al. 2008; Ritzmann & Faleide 2007; Ivanova et al. 2006; Worsley 2006; Czuba et al. 2004; Breivik et al. 2002; Sakoulina etal. 2000; Dibner 1998; Gudlaugsson et al. 1998; Johansen et al. 1994
15
Svalbard
Dallmann 1999; Harland 1997; Dallmann et al. 1993; Ohta 1994; Worsley 1986
16
Timan-Pechora
Prishchepa 2011; Prishchepa et al. 2011; Schenk 2011; Andreichev 2010; Kuznetsov et al. 2007, 2010; Gee et al. 2006; Puchkov 2005; Belonin et al. 2004; Gee & Pease 2004; Timan-Pechora Atlas 2002;
17
Northern West Siberia
Ivanov et al. 2012; Vyssotski et al. 2006; Surkov et al. 1997
18
Polar Urals
Puchkov 2005, 2009; Brown et al. 2002; Puchkov 1997, 2002;
19
Yamal-South Kara
Kurasov et al. 2015; Kontorovich et al. 2013; Nikishin 2013; Nikishin et al. 2011; Skorobogatov et al. 2003
20
Pai-Khoi-Novaya Zemlya
State geological map of RF (scale 1:1,000,000) 2012; Corfu et al. 2010; Scott et al. 2010; Korago & Kovaleva 2009; Pease & Scott 2009; Pogrebitskiy 2004; Timonin et al. 2004; Timonin & Yudin 2002; Lopatin et al. 2001
21
Taimyr-Yenisei-Khatanga
Vernikovsky et al. 2003; Vernikovsky & Vernikovskaya 2001; Pease et al. 2001; Inger et al. 1999; Vernikovsky et al. 1995; Uflyand et al. 1991; Bezzubtsev et al. 1986
22
Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago
Ershova et al. 2015; State geological map of the RF (scale 1:1,000,000), 2013; Männik et al. 2009; Lorenz et al. 2006, 2007, 2008; Gor et al., 2003; Gramberg & Ushakov, 2000;  Proskurnin 1999; Markovsky et al., 1985; Markovsky & Kulyasheva, 1984
23
North Kara
Klitzke et al. 2015; Malyshev et al. 2012; Verzhbitsky et al. 2011, 2012;
24
Northern East Siberia
Kontorovich et al. 2001;
25
Laptev Sea
Drachev 2011 & 2016; Shkarubo et al. 2014; Zavarzina et al. 2014; Shkarubo & Zavarzina 2011; Drachev et al. 1998 & 2010; Franke & Hinz 2009; Franke et al. 2001; 
26
East Siberian Sea-Russian Chukchi Sea
Drachev 2011 & 2016; Verzhbitsky et al. 2012; Sakoulina et al. 2011; Drachev et al. 1999, 2010; Franke & Hinz 2009; Petrovskaya et al. 2008; Verzhbitsky et al. 2008; Franke & Hinz 2005; Franke et al. 2004; Sekretov 2001; Kos’ko et al. 1990
27
De Long Archipelago
Ershova et al. 2015; Korago et al. 2014; 
28
New Siberian Islands
Prokopiev et al. 2015; Pease et al. 2014; Kos’ko et al. 2013; Vernikovsky et al. 2013; Kuzmichev 2009; Kos’ko & Trufanov 2002; Drachev & Savostin 1993; Kos' Ko et al. 1990
29
Northeastern Asia
Drachev 2016; Amato et al. 2015; Sokolov et al. 2015; Akinin & Miller 2011; Nokleberg 2010; Sokolov 2010; Miller & Verzhbitsky 2009; Miller et al. 2009; Sokolov et al. 2009; Goryachev et al. 2008; Oxman 2003; Sokolov et al. 2002; Parfenov & Kuz'min 2001;  Nokleberg et al. 2000; Parfenov et al. 1995; Parfenov 1991; 
30
Wrangel Island
Verzhbitsky et al. 2015; Miller et al. 2010; Verzhbitsky et al. 2008; Kos'ko et al. 1993
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