GeoArctic's
PlateDEF™ studies represent many years of work on
the geology, tectonic evolution, and petroleum potential
of the North Atlantic and Arctic for industry and government
clients. As a direct result of this work GeoArctic recognised
the importance of plate reconstructions as an exploration
tool and pioneered the development of deformable plate reconstruction
software and workflows. Using these tools and techniques
GeoArctic has built a new deformable plate model and database
for the North Atlantic - Arctic region that forms the basis
for more detailed PlateDEF™ studies.
NE
Greenland PlateDEF™Regional
Study • Phase I - Available Spring
2012 • Phase II – Available
Spring 2013
This study has been carried out in collaboration with
ION-GX Technology using newly-acquired NEGreenland
SPAN™ deep long-offset seismic data.
The acquisition of new seismic data in the NE Greenland
Shelf has provided new insights into the structural
and stratigraphic development of NE Greenland and
details are now emerging of a margin with a long structural
history that includes multiple phases of rifting and
a major strike-slip plate boundary in the north. The
new seismic data has allowed us to identify new basins,
more accurately define the COB location, refine estimates
of depth to basement and depth to Moho, and better
establish the timing and amount of extension that
took place. The NE Greenland PlateDEF™ deformable
plate reconstruction takes into account all of this
new information.
This study will
be invaluable to companies evaluating the NE Greenland
Licence Rounds in 2012-2013 and for companies working
on the 22nd Licence Round in Norway. All data and
reconstructions accompanying the report will be available
in ArcGIS format.
North-Atlantic - Arctic Deformable
Plate Research Project
This ongoing multi-year
research project feeds into GeoArctic's regional studies.
Deformable plate reconstructions are data and interpretation
intensive and GeoArctic's deformable plate model is based
on years of work in the area, reinterpretation of all
relevant public domain data, new gravity and structural
modeling and, with permission, new interpretions of high
quality seismic data from ION-GX Technology. GeoArctic
is building up an Arctic-North Atlantic deformable plate
model repository including:
• Continent-Ocean
Boundaries (COBs)
• Beta Grids for each Tectonic Event around the
Study Margin (ßeta-STACK™)
• Poles of Rotation
• Depth to Basement and Moho
• Refraction Seismic Database
• Palaeomagnetism Database
• Magnetic Anomaly Interpretations
• Crustal Thickness
• Age of Breakup and Tectonic Events
• Seismo-stratigraphic Correlations
• Regional Uplift and Landscape Analyses
• Palaeo-DEMS
• Palaeogeography Maps
• Reconstructed Structure Maps
• Tectonic Elements
GeoArctic's PlateDEF™
workflow is used to produce a consistent regional model
for the North Atlantic - Arctic that may be used as a
basis for GeoArctic's PlateDEF™ multi-client regional
studies or integrated with client data to produce proprietary
studies while maintaining the integrity of the client
data.
Future PlateDEF™ Multi-Client
Studies
•
Circum-Arctic
• Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea
• West Shetlands-Jan Mayen
• Vøring and Møre Margin
For prices and additional information on any of our
multi-client studies or to become a member of the North
Atlantic - Arctic Deformable Plate Research Project,
please contact Bridget
Ady or call +1 403.290.1320.
