The northernmost part of the Atlantic Ocean was also formed at this time when Europe and Greenland separated. About 60 million years ago a new rift and oceanic ridge formed between Greenland and Europe, separating them and initiating the formation of oceanic crust in the Norwegian Sea and the Eurasian Basin in the eastern Arctic Ocean.

Changes in ocean basins

State of the current ocean basins

The area occupied by the individual ocean basins has fluctuated in the past due to, amongst other, tectonic plate

1.Previous
3.Next