TopoScandiaDeep

Funded by: FNU, DFG, NFR

Mountains form usually by interaction of tectonic plates and are not expected to form in intraplate settings. The Scandinavian mountains, which are the second largest mountain chain in Europe after the Alpine belt, are however far from plate boundaries and the origin of their present high altitude is unknown. The aim of the project is to use geophysical data, in particular newly acquired seismological data, to map the seismic and mechanical properties of the crust and mantle below Scandinavia and analyze which forces and processes can be at the origin of the present-day topography of northern Europe.

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Project Leader:

Professor Valérie Maupin

Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Principal Investigators:

Professor Niels Balling

Geophysical Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Århus, Århus, Denmark

Dr. Jörg Ebbing

Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway

Professor Rolf Mjelde

Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Dr. Joachim Ritter

Geophysical Institute, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

Dr. Dimitrios Sokoutis*

Department of Tectonics and Structural Geology group, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, NITG-TNO, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Professor Hans Thybo

Department of Geography and Geology, Institute of Geology, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Associated Partners:

Dr. Richard England

Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

*Research funded by sources other than the participating ESF Member Organisations