Rifts and rifted margins have faults with displacements much larger (>10 km) than the half-graben bounding faults normally considered in studies of rift basins. The down-dip and lateral evolution, and the syntectonic basins juxtaposed within this structures are only partly understood. This research target rift-margin highs of Utsira/Loppa/Frøya, the Norwegian Continental Shelf with internal and fringing basins.
The research team
Suprabasins - is an international collaboration between Norway, Europe and the USA.
Hosted by the University of Oslo (UiO), and led by professor Alvar Braathen from the Department of Geosciences. The UiO team are Ivar Midtkandal, Jan Inge Faleide, Christopher Serck, Lars Riber and Snorre Olaussen.
The research partners are:
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
- University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
- UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
- Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)
- University of Nebraska Omaha, US
- University of Aberdeen, UK