Scientific contributions to the Arctic tectonic map

Scientific contributions to the Arctic tectonic map

This booklet, written in English, is dedicated to the Tectonic Map of the Arctic (TeMAr), produced as part of the international "Atlas of Geological Maps at 1: 5M scale" project. The project has been carried out since 2004 by the geological surveys of the Arctic countries, supported by UNESCO and the Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW) and the national scientific programmes for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The TeMAr working group coordinated by Russia (VSEGEI) brings together researchers from geological surveys, universities and the National Academies of Sciences of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Canada, the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
The booklet includes a brief description of the tectonic map of the Arctic, a description of the geo-transect, a schematic of the Arctic tectonic provinces, geophysical maps illustrating the deep structure of the crust and upper mantle of the circumpolar Arctic, and brief notes on the tectonic model and geodynamic evolution of the Arctic.

Scientific contributions to the Arctic tectonic map