Earth:South Greenland Triple Junction

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Short description: Meeting point of three tectonic plates

The South Greenland Triple Junction was a geologic triple junction in the North Atlantic Ocean that divided the North American, Greenland and Eurasian plates. It existed during the Paleogene and consisted of the Mid-Labrador and Mid-Atlantic ridges. The triple junction became extinct when seafloor spreading along the Mid-Labrador Ridge ceased during the Eocene.[1]

References

  1. Oakey, Gordon N.; Stephenson, Randell (2008). "Crustal structure of the Innuitian region of Arctic Canada and Greenland from gravity modelling: implications for the Palaeogene Eurekan orogen". Geophysical Journal International (Royal Astronomical Society) 173: 1041, 1045. ISSN 0956-540X.