Early Cretaceous tectonostratigraphic evolution of the north central Barents Sea

Our results suggest that three main regional tectonic events controlled the inversion of the Late Paleozoic faults, resulting in development of structural highs in the northcentral Barents Sea: 1) dextral transpression along the Novaya Zemlya; 2) dextral movement along a paleo-boundary of the northern margin of the Lomonosov Ridge during opening of the Amerasia Basin; and 3) a compressional event in the present day North Greenland and Ellesmere Islands with the NW Barents Sea (NW Svalbard).