Reply to discussion of Gabrielsen et al. (2010) by Nielsen et al. (this volume): Latest Caledonian to present tectonomorphological development of southern Norway

摘要

Although important for understanding the tectono-sedimentary pattern and the associated "source-to-sink"-mechanisms of the Late Palaeozoic—Present development of the Norwegian continental shelf, it is recognized among workers at the Norwegian shelf and the Norwegian mainland that the post-Caledonian uplift and erosion are processes not well constrained by geological data. In two recent contributions (Gabrielsen et al., 2005, 2010), attempts have been made to illustrate the geological complexity of the problem and also to define some crucial geological datasets that can be utilized better to understand this complexity. We, therefore, appreciate the attention the problem recently has received by workers testing new concepts and methods (Rohrman et al, 1995; Hendriks and Redfleld, 2005; Nielsen et al, 2009a) and the debate following these contributions (Japsen et al., 2006; Lidmar-Bergstrom and Bonow, 2009; Nielsen et al., 2009b). Following the electronic publication of our most recent publication on the post-Caledonian uplift of southern Norway (Gabrielsen et al., 2010), Nielsen et al. (this volume) have pointed to several aspects in our paper that may need clarification.