The main goal of this project is to enhance the understanding of fundamental, large-scale, processes behind sedimentary basin formation and evolution in the Barents Sea region and their impact on the petroleum systems.
Deep processes responsible for the subsidence will have special attention, and new models will be developed. The new, partly quantitative, understanding of basin development and petroleum systems will be used by petroleum industry to decrease exploration risk in the Barents Sea . The main goal will be achieved through a number of sub-goals: (1) Establish basin architecture and the spatial and temporal distribution of tectonic events; (2) Link basin architecture to underlying structures in the crust and upper mantle; (3) Quantitative modelling of key processes with focus on tectonic development and temperature history; (4) Mapping the distribution and effects of regional magmatism; (5) Comparative study between the western and eastern Barents Sea.
Members: UiO – PGP – UiB – IRIS – NGU - VBPR
Project related presentations:
Basin architecture and lithospheric structure of the Barents Sea region from geophysical modelling (AGU, fall meeting, San Francisco 2009, poster)