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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 2002; v. 196; p. 117-137;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.196.01.08
© 2002 Geological Society of London

Scandinavia, Greenland and Adjacent Margin

Pattern and timing of the post-Caledonian denudation of northern Scandinavia constrained by apatite fission-track thermochronology

Bart W. H. Hendriks & Paul A. M. Andriessen

Department of Isotope Geochemistry, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Apatite fission-track thermochronology has been used to study the post-Caledonian denudation history of northern Scandinavia. Post-orogenic denudation progressively shifted from the interior of the continent towards the North Atlantic margin. The present-day area of maximum elevation in the Northern Scandes mountain range has experienced continuous denudation at least since Jurassic time. In Jurassic-Cretaceous time, the area north and east of this region experienced either no denudation at all or some denudation followed by a transient thermal event with a peak temperature in late Cretaceous time. Final denudation of the area to the east of the Northern Scandes probably started in late Cretaceous-Paleogene time and possibly accelerated in Neogene time. The denudation history of northern Scandinavia can be explained by scarp retreat of an uplifted rift flank. The pattern and timing of denudation of the Northern Scandes is different from that of the Southern Scandes, which experienced domal-style, late-stage postrift uplift in Neogene time. Geomorphological observations, offshore data from the Atlantic and Barents Sea margins, and scarce stratigraphical information from the mainland are in general agreement with the new thermochronological data.





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