Publications
2001-2009Publications
2001-2009
2009
Torsvik, T.H. & Cocks, L.R.M., 2008. The Lower Palaeozoic palaeogeographical evolution of the Norteastern and Eastern peri-Gondwana margin from Turkey to New Zealand. J. Geol. Soc. London Special Publication (in press).
Gregory, L.C., Meert, J.G., Bingen, B., Torsvik, T.H. and Pandit, M., 2008. Paleomagnetism and geochronology of the Malani Igneous Suite, Northwest India: Implications for the configuration of Rodinia and the assembly of Gondwana. Precambrian Research (in press).
Torsvik, T.H., Rousse, S., Labails, C. & Smethurst, M.A. South Atlantic reconstructions and the Aptian Salt Enigma. Geophysical J. International (in press).
Torsvik, T.H., T.S. Paulsen, N.C. Hughes, P.M. Myrow & M. Ganerød. The Tethyan Himalaya: Paleogeographic and Tectonic Constraints from Ordovician Paleomagnetic data. Geol. Soc. London (in press).
Dupont-Nivet, G., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J. & Torsvik, T.H. Persistently low Asian paleolatitudes: implications for the Indo-Asian collision. Tectonophysics (in review).
Torsvik, T.H. & Cocks, L.R.M. Palaeozoic palaeogeography of southern Europe: unravelling the Variscides. Geol. Soc. London (in review).
2008
Torsvik,
T.H., Steinberger, B., Cocks, L.R.M., Burke, K., 2008. Longitude:
Linking Earth's ancient surface to its deep interior. Earth Planet Science
Letters, 276, 273-282.
Heine, C., Muller,
R.D., Steinberger, B. & Torsvik,
T.H., 2008. Anomalous subsidence in intracontinental basins due
to dynamic topography. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 171,
252-264..
Alvey, A., Gaina,
C., Kusznir, N.J., Torsvik, T.H.,
2008. Integrated Crustal Thickness Mapping & Plate Reconstructions
for the High Arctic. Earth and Planetary Sciences, 274, 310-321.
Torsvik, T.H., Müller,
R.D., Van der Voo, R., Steinberger, B. & Gaina, C., 2008.. Global
Plate Motion Frames: Toward a unified model. Reviews Geophysics, 46, RG3004,
doi:10.1029/2007RG000227.
Ganerød, M., Smethurst,
M.A., Rousse, S., Torsvik, T.H.
& Prestvik, T. 2008. Reassembling the Paleogene-Eocene North Atlantic
Igneous Province: new paleomagnetic constraints from the Isle of Mull,
Scotland. Earth Planet Science Letters 272, 464-475.
Torsvik,
T.H., Gaina, C. and Redfield, T.F., 2008. Antarctica and Global
Paleogeography: From Rodinia, through Gondwanaland and Pangea, to the
birth of the Southern Ocean and the opening of gateways. In Cooper, A.
K., P. J. Barrett, H. Stagg, B. Storey, E. Stump, W. Wise, and the 10th
ISAES editorial team (eds.) Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World.
Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences.
Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 125-140.
Steinberger, B.,
Torsvik, T.H. Absolute
plate motions and true polar wander in the absence of hotspot tracks.
Nature 452, 620-623.
Torsvik,
T.H., Smethurst, M.A., Burke, K. & Steinberger, B., 2008. Long
term stability in Deep Mantle structure: Evidence from the ca. 300 Ma
Skagerrak-Centered Large Igneous Province (the SCLIP). Earth Planetary
Science Letters 267, 444-452.
Burke, K., Steinberger,
B., Torsvik, T.H. and Smethurst,
M.A., 2008. Plume Generation Zones at the margins of Large Low Shear Velocity
Provinces on the Core-Mantle Boundary. Earth and Planetary Sciences, 265,
49-60.
Torsvik,
T.H. & Steinberger, B. 2008. Popular
Science: From continental drift to mantle dynamics. In "Geology
for Society for 150 Years - The legacy after Kjerulf", eds. T. Slagstad
& R. Dahl. Gråsteinen 12, 24-38.
Ramberg I.B., Jansen E, Olesen O. & Torsvik, T.H. 2008. What does the future hold? Geohazards, climate change and continental drift. In Ramberg I., Bryhn I., Nøttvedt A. & Rangnes K. (eds.): The making of a land: Geology of Norway. The Norwegian Geological Association, 560-591.
2007
Buiter, S.J.H., Torsvik, T.H.,
2007. Horizontal movements in the eastern Barents Sea constrained by numerical
models and plate reconstructions. Geophys. J. Int. (2007) 171, 1376–1389.
O’Neill, C. Lenardic, A., Moresi,
L., Torsvik, T.H. & Lee, C.A.,
2007. Episodic
Precambrian Subduction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 262, 552-562.
Corfu, F., Roberts, R.J.,
Torsvik, T.H.,
Ashwal, L.D. & Ramsay, D.M., 2007. Peri-Gondwanan elements in the
Caledonian Nappes of Finnmark, Northern Norway: Implications for the Paleogeographic
framework of the Scandinavian Caledonides. American Journal of Science,
307, 434-458
Cocks L.R.M. & Torsvik
T.H., 2007. Siberia and peri-Siberia: their identities and palaeogeography
during the Palaeozoic. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 46, 83
– 88.
Cloetingh, S.A.P.L., P.A. Ziegler, P.J.F. Bogaard, P.A.M. Andriessen, I.M. Artemieva, G. Bada, R.T. van Balen, F. Beekman, Z. Ben-Avraham, J.-P. Brun, H.P. Bunge, E.B. Burov, R. Carbonell, C. Facenna, A. Friedrich, J. Gallart, A.G. Green, O. Heidbach, A.G. Jones, L. Matenco, J. Mosar, O. Oncken, C. Pascal, G. Peters, S. Sliaupa, A. Soesoo, W. Spakman, R.A. Stephenson, H. Thybo, T.H. Torsvik, G. de Vicente, F. Wenzel, M.J.R. Wortel, TOPO-EUROPE Working Group, 2007. TOPO-EUROPE: The geoscience of coupled deep Earth-surface processes. Global and Planetary Change 58, 1–118
Cocks, L.R.M., Torsvik,
T.H., 2007. Siberia, the wandering northern terrane, and its changing
geography through the Palaeozoic. Earth-Science Reviews 82, 29-74.
Meert, J.G., Walderhaug,
H.J., Torsvik,
T.H., Hendriks, B. W.H., 2007. Age
and paleomagnetic signature of the Alnø carbonatite complex (NE Sweden):
Additional controversy for the Neoproterozoic paleoposition of Baltica.
Precambrian Research 154, 159-174.
Olesen, O. J. Ebbing, E. Lundin,
E. Mauring, J.R. Skilbrei, T.H. Torsvik,
E.K. Hansen, T. Henningsen, P. Midbøe, M. Sand, 2007. An improved tectonic
model for the Eocene opening of the Norwegian–Greenland Sea: Use of modern
magnetic data. Marine and Petroleum Geology 24, 53–66
Walderhaug, H.J., Torsvik,
T.H. & Halvorsen, E., 2007. The Egersund dykes (SW Norway):
a robust Early Ediacaran (Vendian) palaeomagnetic pole from Baltica. Geophysical
Journal International 168, 935–948
2006
Torsvik, T.H. &
B. Steinberger, 2007. From continental drift to mantle dynamics (in Norwegian). Geo 8, 20-30.
Roberts, R.J., Corfu,
F., Torsvik, T.H.,
Ashwal,
L.D., Ramsay .D.M., 2006. Short-lived mafic magmatism at 560–570 Ma in
the northern Norwegian Caledonides: U–Pb zircon ages from the Seiland
Igneous Province. Geological Magazine 143, 6,
887-903,
Cocks, L.R.M. & Torsvik, T.H.
2006. European geography in a global context from the Vendian to the end
of the Palaeozoic.
In Gee, D.
G. & Stephenson, R. A. (eds). European
Lithosphere Dynamics. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 32, 83–95.
Torsvik,
T.H., Smethurst, M.A., Burke, K. &
Steinberger, B. Large igneous provinces generated from the margins of
the large low-velocity provinces in the deep mantle. Geophysical Journal
International doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03158
Corfu,
F., Torsvik,
T.H., Andersen,
T.B., Ashwal, L.D., Ramsay, D.M. & Roberts R.J., 2006. Early Silurian
mafic–ultramafic and granitic plutonism in contemporaneous flysch, Magerøy, northern Norway: U–Pb ages and regional
significance. J. Geological Society London 163, 291–301
2005
Cocks,
L.R.M. & Torsvik,
T.H., 2005. Baltica from the late
Precambrian to mid Palaeozoic: the gain and loss of a terranes's identity.
Earth Science Reviews 72, 39-66.
Letts, S., Torsvik,
T.H., Webb, S.J., Ashwal, L.D., Eide, E.A. & Chunnett, G.,
2005. Palaeomagnetism and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of mafic dykes from
the Eastern Bushveld Complex (South Africa). Geophys. J. International
162, 36-48.
Bingen, B., Griffin, W.L.,
Torsvik, T.H. & Saeed, A.,
2005. Timing of Late Neoproterozoic glaciation on Baltica by detrital
zircon geochronology in the Hedmark Group, Southeast Norway. Terra Nova,
17, 250–258.
Torsvik,
T.H., Pandit, M.K., Redfield, T.F., Ashwal, L.D. & Webb, S.,
2005. Remagnetizations of Mesozoic limestones from the Jaisalmer Basin,
NW India. Geophys. J. Intern. 161, 57-64.
Torsvik, T.H., 2005. Palaeomagnetism. in Selley, R.C., Cocks, L.R.M. & Plimer, I.R. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Geology, Elsevier, Amsterdam. Vol. 4, 147-156.
Torsvik,
T.H. & Cocks, L.R.M., 2005. Norway in space and time: A Centennial
Cavalcade. Norwegian Journal of Geology, 85, 73-86.
Redfield, T.F., Braathen, A.,
Gabrielsen, R.H., Torsvik, T.H.
& Andriessen, P.A.M., 2005. Late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic components
of vertical separation across the Møre Trøndelag Fault Complex, Norway.
Tectonophysics, 395, 233-249.
2004
Cocks, L.R.M. & Torsvik, T.H. 2004. Major terranes in the Ordovician. pp 61-67, in Webby, BD, Paris, F., Droser, ML & Percival ,IG (eds) The great Ordovician biodiversification event. Columbia University Press, New York. 484 pp.
Meert, J.G. & Torsvik, T.H., 2004. Reply to JDA Piper on "The making and unmaking of a supercontinent: Rodinia revisited". Tectonophysics, 383, 99-103.
Olesen, O., Smethurst, M.A.,
Torsvik, T.H. & Bidstrup,
T., 2004. Sveconorwegian
igneous complexes below the Norwegian-Danish Basin. Tectonophysics 387,
105-130.
Redfield, T.F., Torsvik, T.H, Andriessen, P.A.M. & Gabrielsen, R.H.. 2004. Cenozoic and Mesozoic tectonics of the Møre Trøndelag Fault Complex, central Norway: constraints from new apatite fission track age data. Physics Earth Chemistry 29 (10): 673-682 2004
Torsvik,
T.H. & Cocks, L.R.M., 2004. Earth geography from 400 to 250
million years: a palaeomagnetic, faunal and facies review. Journal Geol.
Soc. Lond. 161, 555-572
Meert, J.G. & Torsvik, T.H., 2004. Palaeomagnetic constraints on Neoproterozoic ‘Snowball Earth’ continental reconstructions. In (Eds. G. Jenkins, M McMenamin, L. Sohl & C. McKay) The Extreme Proterozoic: Geology, Geochemistry, and Climate. AGU Geophysical Monograph 144.
Van der Voo, R. & Torsvik, T.H., 2004. The quality of the European Permo-Triassic paleopoles and its impact on Pangea Reconstructions. In (Eds. J.E.T. Channel, D.V. Kent, W. Lowrie & J.G. Meert) Timescales of the Paleomagnetic Field. AGU Geophysical Monograph 145, 29-42.
Burke, K. & Torsvik,
T.H.,
2004. Derivation of large igneous provinces of the past 200 million years
from long-term heterogeneities in the deep mantle. Earth Planet Sci. Lett.,
227, 531-538.
2003
Roberts, R.J., Torsvik,
T.H., Andersen, T.B. & Rehnström, E.F., 2003. The Early Carboniferous
Magerøy Dykes, Northern Norway: Palaeomagnetism and Palaeogeography. Geological
Magazine, 140, 443-451.
Meert, J.G. & Torsvik,
T.H., 2003. The making and unmaking of a Supercontinent: Rodinia
revisited. Tectonophysics,
375, 261-288.
Rehnström, E.F. & Torsvik, T.H., 2003. Cambrian sediments and Proterozoic granites in the Dividalen-Torneträsk area, northern Scandinavia; palaeomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology. Geol. For. Forh., 125, 131-138.
Pandit, M.K., Carter, L., Ashwal,
L.D., Tucker, R.D., Torsvik, T.H.,
Jamtveit, B. & Bushan, S.K., 2003. Age, petrogenesis and significance
of Early Neoptroterozoic granitoids and related rocks from the Aravalli
Craton, NW India. J. Asian Earth Sciences, 22, 363-381.
Torsvik,
T.H. & Rehnström, E.F., 2003. The Tornquist Sea and Baltica-Avalonia
docking. Tectonophysics, 362, 67-82.
MacNiocaill, C., Torsvik, T.H. & van der Pluijm, B., 2003. Rob Van der Voo – an appreciation. Tectonophysics, 362, xi-xii
Mac Niocaill, C., Torsvik, T.H. & van der Pluijm, B., 2003 (Editors). Paleomagnetism Applied to Tectonics – A tribute to Rob Van der Voo.
Tectonophysics Special Issue, 362, 1-4, 355 pp.
Torsvik,
T.H. 2003. The Rodinia Jigsaw Puzzle. Science, 300, 1379-1381.
2002
Ashwal, L.D., Demaiffe, D.
& Torsvik, T.H., 2002. Petrogenesis
of Neoproterozoic granitoids and related rocks from the Seychelles: evidence
for an Andean arc origin. Journal
of Petrology, 43, 45-83
Hartz, E.H. & Torsvik,
T.H., 2002. Baltica upside-down: A new plate-tectonic model for
Rodinia and the Iapetus Ocean. Geology,
30, 3, 255-258.
Rehnström, E.F., Corfu, F.
& Torsvik, T.H., 2002. Evidence
of a Late Precambrian (637 Ma) deformational event in the Caledonides
of Northern Sweden. J. Geology,
110, 591-601.
Torsvik,
T.H. & Andersen, T.B., 2002. The Taimyr Fold Belt, Arctic Siberia:
Timing of pre-fold remagnetisation and Regional tectonics. Tectonophysics,
352, 335-348.
Mosar, J., Lewis, G. &
Torsvik, T.H., 2002. North
Atlantic sea-floor spreading rates: implications for the Tertiary development
of inversion structures of the Norwegian–Greenland Sea. J. Geol. Soc.
Lond., 159, 503-515.
Torsvik, T.H., Van der Voo,
R. & Redfield, T.F., 2002. Frontier: Relative hotspot motions versus
True Polar Wander. Earth
Planet. Sci. Lett., 202,
185-200.
Nysæther, E. Torsvik,
T.H., Feist, R. Walderhaug H.J. & Eide, E.A., 2002. Ordovician
Palaeogeography with new palaeomagnetic data from the Montagne Noire (Southern
France). Earth
Planet. Sci. Lett., 203,
329-341.
Cocks,
L.R.M. & Torsvik, T.H., 2002. Earth Geography from 500
to 400 million years ago: a faunal and palaeomagnetic review. J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 159,
631-644
Torsvik,
T.H. & Van der
Voo, R., 2002. Refining
Gondwana and Pangea Palaeogeography: Estimates of Phanerozoic (octupole)
non-dipole fields. Geophys.
J. Intern., 151,
771-794.
Mosar, J., Eide, E.A., Osmundsen, P.T., Sommaruga,
A. & Torsvik, T.H., 2002.
Greenland-Norway separation: A geodynamic model for the North Atlantic.
Nor. J.
Geol., 82, 281-298.
Torsvik, T.H., Carlos, D.,
Mosar, J., Cocks, L.R.M. & Malme, T., 2002. Global reconstructions
and North Atlantic palaeogeography 400 Ma to Recent. In:
Eide, E.A. (coord.). BATLAS – Mid Norway plate reconstructions atlas with
global and Atlantic perspectives. Geological Survey of Norway, pp. 18-39.
Mosar, J., Torsvik,
T.H. & the BAT team, 2002. Opening of the Norwegian and Greenland
Seas: Plate tectonics in Mid Norway since the Late Permian. In:
Eide, E.A. (coord.). BATLAS – Mid Norway plate reconstructions atlas with
global and Atlantic perspectives. Geological Survey of Norway, pp. 48-59.
Madsen,
K.N., Walderhaug, H.J. & Torsvik,
T.H., 2002. Erroneous
fold-tests as an artifact of syn- or post-tectonic alteration CRM. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JB000805
2001
Torsvik,
T.H. & Rehnström, E.F., 2001. Cambrian palaeomagnetic data
from Baltica: Implications for true polar wander and Cambrian palaeogeography.
J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 158, 321-329.
Van der Voo, R. & Torsvik,
T.H., 2001. Evidence for Permian
and Mesozoic Non-dipole Fields Provides an Explanation for the Pangea
Reconstruction Problems. Earth
Planetary Science Letters, 187,
71-81.
Torsvik, T.H., Van der Voo, R., Meert, J.G., Mosar, J. & Walderhaug,
H.J., 2001. Reconstructions
of the Continents Around the North Atlantic at About the 60th Parallel. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 187, 55-69.
Tucker, R.D., Ashwal, L.D.
& Torsvik, T.H., 2001. U-Pb
geochronology of Seychelles granitoid: Neoproterozoic construction of
a Rodinia continental fragment. Earth
Planet Sci. Lett., 187,
27-38.
Torsvik, T.H., Carter, L.M, Ashwal, L.D., Bhushan, S.K., Pandit,
M.K. & Jamtveit, B., 2001 Rodinia
refined or obscured: Palaeomagnetism of the Malani Igneous Suite (NW India).
Precambrian Res., 108,
319-333.
Torsvik,
T.H., Tucker, R.F., Ashwal, L.D., Carter, L.M., Jamtveit, B., Vidyadharan,
K.T. & Venkataramana, P., 2000. Late
Cretaceous INDIA-MADAGASCAR fit and timing of break-up related magmatism,
Terra Nova, 12, 220-224
(published July 2001).
Torsvik,
T.H., Ashwal, L.D., Tucker, R.D. & Eide, E.A., 2001. Geochronology
and palaeogeography of the Seychelles microcontinent: The India link.
In Assembly and break-up of Rodinia (Eds. Meert & Powell). Precambrian Res.,
100, 47-59.
Torsvik,
T.H., Mosar, J. & Eide, E.A., 2001.
Cretaceous-Tertiary Geodynamics: A North Atlantic exercise. Geophysical Journal International, 146, 850-866.
Publications 2000-1983
Metoelkin, D.V. Kazansky, A. Yu., Vernikovsky, V.A., Gee, D.G. & TORSVIK, T.H., 2000. First paleomagnetic data on Early Paleozoic rocks from Severnaya Zemlya, Archipelago (Siberian Arctic) and their geodynamic interpretation. Geologiya I Geofizika, 41, 1816-1820.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Smethurst,
M.A., 1999. Plate
Tectonic modeling: Virtual Reality with GMAP. Computer
& Geosciences, 25, 395-402.
Andersen, T.B., TORSVIK, T.H., Eide, E.A., Faleide, J.I. & Osmundsen, P.T., 1999. Permian and Mesozoic faulting in central south Norway: Onshore-Offshore tectonic links. J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 156, 1073-1080.
Walderhaug, H.J., TORSVIK, T.H., Eide, E.A, Sundvoll, B. &. Bingen, B., 1999. Geochronology and palaeomagnetism of the Hunnedalen dykes, SW Norway: Implications for the Sveconorwegian-Grenvillian apparent polar wander loop. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 169, 71-83.
Eide, E.A., TORSVIK, T.H., Andersen, T.B. & Arnaud, N., 1999. Early Carboniferous unroofing in Western Norway: The tale of alkali feldspar thermochronology. J. Geol., 107, 353-374.
Rakotosolofo, N.A. TORSVIK, T.H., Eide, E.A., Ashwal, L.D. & de Wit, M.J., 1999. The Karoo Supergroup revisited and Madagascar-Africa fits. J. African Earth Sciences, 29, 135-151.
TORSVIK, T.H., Meert, J.G. & Smerthurst, M.A., 1998. Technical comment: Polar Wander and the Cambrian. Science, 279, 5347.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1998. Palaeozoic Palaeogeography: A North Atlantic viewpoint. Geol. For. Forh., 120, 109-118.
TORSVIK, T.H., Eide, E.A, Meert,
J.G., Smethurst, M.A. & Walderhaug, H.J., 1998. The Oslo Rift: New
palaeomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar age constraints, J. Geophys. Int., 135, 1045-1059.
TORSVIK, T.H., Tucker, R.D.,
Ashwal, L.D., Eide, E.A., Rakotosolofo, N.A. & de Wit, M.J., 1998.
Late Cretaceous magmatism in Madagascar:Palaeomagnetic evidence for a
stationary Marion hotspot. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., (164)1-2, 221-232.
Smethurst, M.A., Khramov, A. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1998. Palaeomagnetic constraints on the Neoproterozoic-Palaeozoic drift history of the Siberian Platform: Rodinia to Pangea. Earth Science Reviews, 43, 1-24.
Hartz, E., TORSVIK, T.H. & Andresen, A., 1998. Carboniferous age for the East Greenland ‘Devonian’ Basin: Palaeomagnetic and isotopic constraints on age, stratigraphy and plate reconstructions. Comment and Reply. Geology, 26, 3, 284-286.
Meert, J.G., TORSVIK, T.H., Eide, E.A. & Dahlgren, S., 1998. Tectonic significance of the Fen Province, S. Norway: Constraints from Geochronology and Paleomagnetism. Journal of Geology, 106, 553-564
TORSVIK, T.H., Andersen T.B., Eide, E.A. & Walderhaug, H.J., 1997. The age and tectonic significance of dolerite dykes in Western Norway. J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 154, 961-973.
Meert, J.G., Eide, E.A & TORSVIK, T.H., 1997. Nama Group revisited Geophys. J. Inter., 129, 637-642.
Hartz, E., TORSVIK, T.H. & Andresen, A., 1997. Special Report: Carboniferous age for the East Greenland ‘Devonian’ Basin:Palaeomagnetic and isotopic constraints on age, stratigraphy and plate reconstructions. Geology, 25, 675-678.
Eide, E.A., TORSVIK, T.H. & Andersen, T.B., 1997. Absolute dating of fault breccias: Late Palaeozoic and early Cretaceous fault reactivation in Western Norway. Terra Nova, 9, 135-139.
Olesen, O., TORSVIK, T.H., Tveten, E., Bouke Zwaan K., Løseth, H. & Henningsen, T., 1997. Basement structure of the continental margin in the Lofoten-Lopphavet area, northern Norway: constraints from potential field data, on-land structural mapping and palaeomagnetic data. Nor. Geol. Tidsskr., 77, 15-30.
TORSVIK, T.H., Smethurst, M.A.,
Meert, J.G.,Van der Voo, R., McKerrow, W.S., Brasier, M.D., Sturt, B.A.
& Walderhaug. H.J., 1996. Continental
break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic:A tale of
Baltica and Laurentia. Earth
Science Reviews, 40, 229-258.
TORSVIK T.H., J. Tait, V.M. Moralev, W.S. McKerrow, B.A. Sturt & D. Roberts, 1996. Reply to Discussion on Ordovician palaeogeography of Siberia and adjacent continents. Journal, Vol. 152, 1995, pp. 279-187. J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 153, 329-330.
Eide, E.A. & TORSVIK, T.H.,
1996. Paleozoic Supercontinent assembly, Mantle flushing and genesis of
the Kiaman Superchrons. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 144, 389-402.
Van der Pluijm, B.A., Van der Voo, R. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1996. Convergence and subduction at the Ordovician margin of Laurentia. In: CURRENT PERSPECTIVES IN THE APPALACHIAN-CALEDONIAN OROGEN. Edited by Hibbard, J.P., van Staal, C.R., and Cawood, P.A. Geol. Ass. Can. Spec.Paper, 41, 127-136.
TORSVIK, T.H., Tait, J., Moralev, V., McKerrow, W.S., Sturt, B.A. & Roberts, D., 1995. Ordovician Palaeogeography of Siberia and adjacent plates. Journal Geological Society London, 152, 279-287.
TORSVIK, T.H., Lohmann, K.C: & Sturt, B.A., 1995. Vendian glaciations and their relation to dispersal of Rodinia:Palaeomagnetic constraints Geology, 23, 727-730.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1995. Extensive angular rotations during Vendian and Palaeozoic times: A simple dynamic explanation. Norwegian Geological Bulletin, 427, 22-24.
TORSVIK, T.H., Roberts, D. & Siedlecka, A., 1995. Riphean and Vendian palaeomagnetic data from Northwest Russia and Northern Norway - A Review. Special Publication Norwegian Geological Bulletin , 7, 315-326.
TORSVIK, T.H., Trench, A., Lohmann, K. & Dunn, S., 1995. Lower Ordovician Reversal Assymetry: An artifact of remagnetization or Non-dipol field disturbances ?. J. Geoph. Research, 100, 17885-17898.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Meert, J.G., 1995. Early Proterozoic palaeomagnetic data from the Pechenga Zone (NW Russia) and their bearing on Early Proterozoic palaeogeography. Geophysical Journal International, 122, 520-536.
Bachtadse, V., TORSVIK, T.H., Tait, J. & Soffel, H.C., 1995. Palaeomagnetic constraints on the Palaeogeographic evolution of Europe during the Palaeozoic. In R.D. Dallmeyer, W. Franke & K. Weber (Eds.) Pre-Permian Geology of Central and Eastern Europe. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 567-578.
TORSVIK, T.H., Trench, A. & McKerrow, W.S., 1994. Implications of palaeomagnetic data from the Tortworth Silurian Inlier (Southern Britain) to palaeogeography and Variscan tectonism. Geophysical Journal International, 119,1, 91-100.
Stamatakos, J., Van der Voo, R., van der Pluijm, B., Potts, S. & TORSVIK, T.H.,.1994. Comment on Early Silurian paleolatitude of the Springdale Group redbeds of central Newfoundland: A palaeomagnetic determination with a remanence anisotrophy test for inclination error. Geophysical Journal International, 119, 1009-1013.
TORSVIK, T.H., Trench, A., Svensson, I. & Walderhaug, H.J., 1993. Silurian palaeomagnetic results from Southern Britain:Palaeogeographic significance and major revision of the Apparent Polar Wander Path for Eastern Avalonia. Geophysical Journal International, 113, 651-668.
TORSVIK, T.H., Roberts, D. & Sturt, B.A., 1994. The Baltica-Siberia connection challenges traditional tectonic notions. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 75, 40, 461-462.
Gurnis, M. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1994. Rapid drift of large continents during the late Precambrian and Palaeozoic:Palaeomagnetic constraints and dynamic models. Geology, 22, 1023-1026.
Trench, A., McKerrow, W.S., TORSVIK, T.H., LI, Z.X. & McCracken, S.R., 1993. The polarity of the Silurian magnetic field:indications from a global data compilation. Journal Geological Society, London, 150, 212-220.
TORSVIK, T.H., Smethurst, M.A., Van der Voo, R., Trench, A., Abrahamsen, N. & Halvorsen, E., 1992. BALTICA - A synopsis of Vendian-Permian palaeomagnetic data and their palaeotectonic implications. Earth Science Reviews, 33, 133-152.
TORSVIK, T.H., Sturt, B.A., Swensson, E., Andersen, T.B., Dewey, J.F., 1992. Palaeomagnetic dating of fault rocks: Evidence for Permian and Mesozoic movements and brittle deformation along the extensional Dalsfjord Fault, western Norway. Geophysical Journal International, 109, 565-580.
TORSVIK, T.H., Olesen, O., Trench, A., Andersen, T.B., Walderhaug, H.J. & Smethurst, M.A., 1992. The Geophysical Signature of the Honningsvåg Gabbro, Northern Norway. Journal Geological Society London, 149, 373-381.
Channel, J.E.T., McCabe, C., TORSVIK, T.H., Trench, A. & Woodcock, N.H., 1992. Palaeozoic palaeomagnetic studies in the Welsh Basin - Recent Advances. Geological Magazine, 129, 533-542.
Trench, A., Dentith, M.C., McKerrow, W.S. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1992. The Ordovician magnetostratigraphic time scale:reliability and correlation potential. In B.D. Webby & J.R. Laurie (Eds.) Global Perspectives on Ordovician geology, Balkema, Rotterdam, 69-80.
Olesen, O., Henkel, H., Lile, O.B., Mauring, E., Rønning, J.S. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1991. Neotectonics in the Precambrian of Finnmark, Northern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 72, 301-306.
Trench, A., TORSVIK, T.H. and McKerrow, S.W., 1992. The Palaeogeographic evolution of Southern Britain during Early Palaeozoic times:A reconciliation of Palaeomagnetic and Biogeographic evidence. Tectonophysics, 201, 75-82.
Trench, A. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1992. Special Paper:The closure of the Iapetus Ocean and the Tornquist Sea: new palaeomagnetic data. Journal Geological Society London, 149, 863-866.
Trench, A. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1992. Palaeomagnetic constraints on the Ordovician palaeogeography of Europe; recent advances. In B.D. Webby & J.R. Laurie (Eds.) Global Perspectives on Ordovician geology, Balkema, Rotterdam, 255-260.
Trench, A., TORSVIK, T.H., Dentith, M.C., Walderhaug, H.J. & J-J Traynor, 1992. A high southerly palaleolatitude for Southern Britain in early Ordovician times:Palaeomagnetic data from the Treffgarne Volcanic Formation SW Wales. Geophysical Journal International, 108, 89-100.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Trench, A., 1991. Short Paper: The Ordovician history of the Iapetus Ocean in Britain: New palaeomagnetic constraints. Journal Geological Society London, 148, 423-425.
TORSVIK, T.H., Ryan, P.D., Trench, A., Harper, D.A.T., 1991. Cambro-Ordovician Palaeogeography of Baltica. Geology, 19,1, 7-10.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Trench, A., 1991. Ordovician magnetostratigraphy: Llanvirn-Caradoc Limestones of the Baltic Platform. Geophysical Journal International, 107, 1, 171-184.
TORSVIK, T.H., Trench, A. and Smethurst, M.A., 1991. The British Siluro-Devonian palaeofield, the Great Glen Fault and analytical methods in palaeomagnetism: comments on paper by K.M. Storetvedt et al. Geophysical Journal International, 105, 467-473.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Trench, A., 1991. The Lower-Middle Ordovician Palaeofield of Scandinavia: Southern Sweden 'revisited'. Physics Earth and Planetary Interiors, 65, 283-291.
Pesonen, L.J., Bylund, G, TORSVIK, T.H., Elming, S.Å. & Mertanen, S., 1991. Catalogue of palaeomagnetic directions and poles from Fennoscandia: Archaean to Tertiary. Tectonophysics, 195, 151-207.
Trench, A., TORSVIK, T.H., 1991. Comment on "Palaeomagnetic from Volcanic rocks of the Shelve Inlier, Wales: Evidence for a wide late Ordovician Iapetus Ocean in Britain', by Chad McCabe and James E. Channel. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 104, 535-539.
Trench, A. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1991. A revised APW path for Southern Britain (Eastern Avalonia). Geophysical Journal International, 104, 227-233.
Trench, A. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1991. The Lower Palaeozoic apparent polar wander path for Baltica:Palaeomagnetic data from Silurian Limestones of Gotland, Sweden. Geophysical Journal International, 107, 373-379.
Trench, A., McKerrow, W.S. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1991. Ordovician magnetostratigraphy: A global correlation. Journal Geological Society London, 148, 949-957.
Trench, A., TORSVIK, T.H., Smethurst, M.A., Woodcoock, N.H. & Metcalfe, R., 1991. Palaeomagnetism of the Builth Wells - Llandrindod Wells Ordovician Inlier, Wales: Palaeogeographic and structural implications. Geophysical Journal International, 105, 477-489.
Trench, A. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1991. Tectonic implications of Early Ordovician palaeomagnetic results from SW Wales. Geophysical Journal International, 105, 709.
Walderhaug, H., TORSVIK, T.H. & Løvlie, R., 1991. Experimental CRM production in a basaltic rock; arguments for stable intermediate palaeomagnetic directions. Geophysical Journal International, 105, 747-756.
TORSVIK, T.H., Smethurst, M., Briden, J.C. & Sturt, B.A., 1990. A review of Palaeozoic Palaeomagnetic data Europe and their palaeogeographical implications. In S. McKerrow & C. Scotese (Eds.) Palaeogeography and biogeography. Journal Geological Society London Special Memoir, 12, 25-41
TORSVIK, T.H., Olesen, O., Ryan, P.D. and Trench, A., 1990. On the palaeogeography of Baltica during the Palaeozoic: New palaeomagnetic data from the Scandinavian Caledonides. Geophysical Journal International, 103, 261-279.
TORSVIK, T.H., Sturt, B.A., Ramsay, D.M., Bering, D. & Fluge, P., 1990. Reply to : Discussion on Palaeomagnetism, the Magnetic Fabrics and the structural style of the Hornelen Old Red Sandstone, Western Norway, by Norton, M.G., Wilks, W.J. & Cuthbert, S.J. and Seranne, M. Journal Geological Society London, 147, 411-416.
Olesen, O., Roberts, D., Henkel, H., Lile, O.B. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1990. Aeromagnetic and gravimetric interpretations of regional structural features in the Caledonides of West Finnmark and North Troms. NGU Bulletin, 419, 1-24.
Trench, A., TORSVIK, T.H., Walderhaug, H.J. and Bluck, B.J., 1990. Palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic reliability criteria in ophiolitic rocks; A case study from the Palaeozoic Ballantrae Ophiolite, Scotland. Tectonophysics, 184, 55-73.
Pesonen, L.J. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1990. The Fennoscandian Palaeomagnetic database: Compilation of palaeomagnetic directions and poles from the Northern segment of the EGT. In Freeman, R. and Mueller, St. (eds.) Sixt EGT workshop: Data compilations and synoptic interpretation. European Science Foundation, 389-399.
TORSVIK, T.H., Lyse, O., Atterås, G. & Bluck, B., 1989. Palaeozoic palaeomagnetic data from Scotland and their bearing on the British Apparent Polar Wander Path. Physics Earth and Planetary Interiors, 55, 93-105.
TORSVIK, T.H., Sturt, B.A. & Ramsay, D.M., 1989. On the origin and the tectonic implications of magnetic overprinting of the Old Red Sandstone, Shetland. Geophysical Journal International, 99, 749-759.
TORSVIK, T.H., Sturt, B.A., Grønlie, A. & Ramsay, D.M., 1989. Palaeomagnetic data bearing on the age of the Ytterøy dyke, Central Norway. Physics Earth and Planetary Interiors, 54, 156-162.
Grønlie, A. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1989. On the origin and age of carbonate-thorium veins and breccias in the Møre Trøndelag Fault Zone. Norges Geologiske Tidskrift, 69, 1-19.
Pesonen, L.J., TORSVIK, T.H., Bylund, G & Elming, S.Å., 1989. Crustal evolution of Fennoscandia:Palaeomagnetic constraints. Tectonophysics, 162, 27-49.
TORSVIK, T.H., Sturt, B.A., Ramsay, D.M., Bering, D. & Fluge, P., 1988. Palaeomagnetism, the Magnetic Fabrics and the structural style of the Hornelen Old Red Sandstone, Western Norway. Journal Geological Society London, 145, 413-430.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Sturt, B.A., 1988. Multiphase magnetic overprints in the Moine Thrust Zone. Geological Magazine, 125, 63-82.
TORSVIK, T.H., Sturt, B.A., Ramsay, D.M., Grønlie, A., Roberts, D., Smethurst, M., Atakan, K., Bøe, R. & Walderhaug, H.J., 1989. Palaeomagnetic constraints on the early history of the Møre Trøndelag Fault Zone, Central Norway. In C. Kissel & C. Laj (eds.) Palaeomagnetic rotations and continental deformation. NATO ASI SERIES, Kluwer Publishing, 254, 431-457.
TORSVIK, T.H., Sturt, B.A., Ramsay, D.M. and Vetti, V., 1987. The tectono-magnetic signature of the Old Red Sandstone and pre-Devonian strata in the Håsteinen area, Western Norway, and implications for the later stages of the Caledonian Orogeny. Tectonics, 6, 3, 305-322.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Sturt, B.A., 1987. On the origin and stability of remanence and the magnetic fabric of the Torridonian Red Beds, NW Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 23,1, 23-38.
Sturt, B.A. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1987. A late Carboniferous pole recorded from a Syenite sill, Stabben, Central Norway. Physics Earth and Planetary Interiors, 49, 3-4, 123-131.
1986
TORSVIK, T.H., Sturt, B.A., Ramsay, D.M., Kisch, H.J. & Bering, D., 1986. The tectonic implications of Solundian (Upper Devonian) magnetization of the Devonian rocks of Kvamshesten, western Norway. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 80, 337-347.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1985. Palaeomagnetic results from the Peterhead Granite, Scotland; Implication for regional late Caledonian magnetic overprinting. Physics Earth and Planetary Interiors, 39, 108-117.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1985. Magnetic properties of the Lower Old Red Sandstone Lavas in the Midland Valley, Scotland; palaeomagnetic and tectonic considerations. Physics Earth and Planetary Interiors, 39, 194-207.
TORSVIK, T.H., Løvlie, R. & Sturt, B.A., 1985. Palaeomagnetic argument for a stationary Spitsbergen relative to the British Isles (Western Europe) since late Devonian and its bearing on North Atlantic reconstruction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 75, 278-288.
Storetvedt, K.M. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1985. Palaeomagnetism of the Middle-Upper Devonian Esha Ness ignimbrite, W. Shetland. Physics Earth and Planetary Interiors, 37, 169-173.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1984. Palaeomagnetism of the Foyers and Strontian Granites, Scotland. Physics Earth and Planetary Interiors, 36, 163-177.
Løvlie, R. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1984. Magnetic remanence and fabric properties of laboratory-deposited hematite bearing red sandstone. Geophysical Research Letter, 11, 221-224.
Løvlie, R. and TORSVIK, T.H., 1984. Comment on the paper "Bioturbation: Minimal effects on the magnetic fabric of some natural and experimental sediments", by Brooks B. Ellwood. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 71, 349-350.
Løvlie, R., TORSVIK, T.H., Jelenska, M. & Levandowski, M., 1984. Evidence for detrital remanent magnetization carried by hematite in Devonian Red Beds from Spitsbergen; Palaeomagnetic implications. Geophysical Journal Royal Astronomical Society, 79, 2, 573-588.
TORSVIK, T.H., Løvlie, R. & Storetvedt, K.M., 1983. Multicomponent magnetization in the Helmsdale Granite, North Scotland; Geotectonic implication. Tectonophysics, 98, 111-129.
Storevedt, K.M. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1983. Palaeomagnetic re-examination of the Basal Caithness Old Red Sandstone; Aspects of local and regional tectonics. Tectonophysics, 98, 151-164.
NON-REFEREED ARTICLES & REPORTS
Hunsdale, R, Eide, E.A., Ellis, D., Poulsen, R., Kusznir, N., Smethurst, M.A., Steinberger, B. & TORSVIK, T.H., 2004. Geodynamics, continental lithosphere distribution and mantle hotspot occurrence in the greater Faroe-Shetland Basin area: Implications for hydrocarbon prospectivity Final report for a collaboration project (05-09/2004) sponsored by Statoil UK, Faroes group, 153 pp. (confidential) (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
Olesen, O., Ebbing, J., Lundin, E., Skilbrei, J.R., Smethurst, M.A. & TORSVIK, T.H., 2004. Interpretation of the Ra 3 potential field data along the Lofoten-Væring continental margin, Part 2. NGU Report 2004.027, 56 pp. (client: BP, Norsk Hydro, Statoil & OD – confidential) (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
TORSVIK, T.H., Eide, E.A., Redfield, T.F., Lundin, E., Smethurst, M.A. & Ebbing, J., 2004. South Atlantic Reconstructions: A self-consistent model. NGU Report 2004.024, 100 pp. (client: Statoil ASA – confidential) (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
Lundin, E., TORSVIK, T.H., Redfield, T.F. & Often, M., 2003. Salt basins in the Atlantic and Red Sea-Afar. NGU Report 2003.098 (client: Statoil ASA - confidential). (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
T.H. TORSVIK, 2003. Kontinentenes dans. Fra jordens historie. P2-Akademiet Bokserie XXVII
MacNiocaill, C., van der Pluijm, B. & TORSVIK, T.H., 2001. Gathering recognizes contributions of former section president. GP Section News. Eos, 82, 557-558.
Andersen, T.B. & TORSVIK, T.H., 2000. The geological history of mountain building (in Norwegian). Geologi. Miljø og Ressurser. En presentasjon av geologisk forskning ved Institutt for geologi ved Universitet i Oslo, 41-56.
Redfield, T.F., Gabrielsen, R.H. & TORSVIK, T.H., 2000. Facture lineaments, Cenozoic (?) faults, and Mesozoic extensional tectonics of the Møre Trøndelag region, central Norway. NGU Report 2000.070, 33pp.
Grenne, T., Ihlen, P.M., TORSVIK, T.H. & Vokes, F.M., 2000. Caledonian mineral deposits in a plate tectonic perspective. Geonews, 4, 28-34.
TORSVIK, T.H., 2000. Lectures on Palaeogeography. Lund University Internal Publication, 115 pp.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Mosar, J., 2000. EasyGmap – 2000 User Manual. BAT sub-technical report 4, 16pp. (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
TORSVIK, T.H., Mosar, J. & E.A. Eide, 1999. Cretaceous-Tertiary Geodynamics: An introductory BAT analysis for the North Atlantic. Technical FIND Report (Confidential), 18 pp. (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
TORSVIK, T.H. & Mosar, J., 1999. Seafloor spreading rates in the North Atlantic. Report for Chevron (Confidential), 9pp. (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
TORSVIK, T.H. & Eide, E.A., 1998. Phanerozoic palaeogeography and geodynamics with Atlantic details. NGU Report 98.001, 82 pages. (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
TORSVIK, T.H. & Smethurst, M.A., 1998. GMAP v.32: Geographic mapping and palaeoreconstruction package. NGU Open File Report 98.002, 65 pages.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Eide, E.A., 1998. NGU GEOCHRON: Database and analysis for Norwegian isotope geochronology. NGU Open File Report 98.003, 54 pages. (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
Eide, E.A. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1998. Onshore dating of Late Paleozoic through Mesozoic activities on the eastern and western proto-North Atlantic margins. NGU Open File Report 98.004, 135 pages. (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
TORSVIK, T.H., Eide, E.A , Skilbrei,, J-R,.Smethurst, M.A. & Olesen, O., 1998. Onshore bedrock knowledge reveal important information on the Offshore tectonic evolution. Geological Survey of Norway Annual Report 1997, 10-11.
Eide, E.A. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1998. Preliminary technical report for Saga AS: Palaeomagnetic and 40Ar-39Ar geochronologic limits for subaerial volcanism on the Faeroe Islands: Analyses and interpretations. NGU Report (Confidential). (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
Olesen, O., Smethurst, M.A., Beard, L., TORSVIK, T.H, Bidstrup, T. & Egeland, B., 1997. SAS-96 Part II, Skagerak Aeromagnetioc Survey 1996, Interpretation Report. NGU Report 97.022 (Confidential). (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
TORSVIK, T.H., 1997. Onshore-Offshore tectonic links in western Norway: An integrated approach. PROPEPTRO, Norwegian Research Council, 129-133.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1993. Paleomagnetism: A tool to understand the Earth’s history. NGU Annual Report (1992), 8-9.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1993. From Plate Tectonics to Chaos. Geonews, 2, 9-11
TORSVIK, T.H., 1993. Palaeozoic Accretion History of Europe - Targeting Siberia. Europrobe News Issue, European Science Foundation, 3,6.
Olesen. O. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1993. Intepretation of aeromagnetic and gravimetric data from Lofoten-Lopphavet area. NGU report 93.032, 77pp. (Confidential) (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
TORSVIK, T.H. & Olesen, O., 1993. IMPPROF - Magnetic and Gravity Profile Database. NGU Open File Report 93.065.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Olesen, O., 1993. Palaeomagnetic dating of fault-rocks from Vesterålen, Senja and Troms: Preliminary Data. NGU Open File Report 93.088. (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
TORSVIK, T.H. & Fichler, C., 1993. GDEPTH - Gravity inversion and calculation of basement depths. NGU Open File Report 93.066, 33pp.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Smethurst, M.A., 1993. GMAP v11.0 - Geographic mapping and palaeoreconstruction package. NGU Internal Report, 93pp.
Olesen, O., TORSVIK, T.H., Tveten, E. & Zwaan, B., 1993. The Lofoten-Lopphavet Project, an integrated approach. NGU report 93.129 (Confidental). (PETROLEUM PROJECT)
TORSVIK, T.H., 1992. IMP - Interactive Analysis of Potential Field Data. NGU Report 92.305, 76 pp.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1992. IMPATLAS - A geographic database and map-generating system. NGU Open File Report 92.223, 14 pp.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1992. IMPPRINT - A Print-Driver Program. NGU Open File Report 92.304, 14 pp.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Olesen, O., 1992. PDEPTH - Calculation of depth to magnetic basement from profile data. NGU Open File Report 92.212, 26 pp.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Olesen, O., 1992. IMPPET - Petrophysical Database system. Norwegian Geological Survey Report 92.275, 35pp.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1993. IAPD92 - Interactive Analysis of Palaeomagnetic data. NGU internal report, 79pp.
Bøe, R., Olsen, H.A., Thorsnes, T., TORSVIK, T.H., Øverby, L., 1991. Marinegeological-geophysical survey 9101 in Skagerak 1991. Norwegian Geological Survey, Internal report 91.014, 32pp.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Totland, O., 1991. SLOG - A Marine Geological Data-acquisition system. Software and Hardware Description. Norwegian Geological Survey, Internal Report 91.002, 24pp.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Trench, A., 1991. SARKIV - Marine Geology Data-Archive & Data-management system:Software Description & User Guide. Norwegian Geological Survey Report 91.003, 20pp.
TORSVIK, T.H, Smethurst, M.A. and Pesonen, L.J., 1990. GMAP - Geographic mapping and palaeoreconstruction package. NGU Open File Report, 90.019, 64pp.
Pesonen, L.J. & TORSVIK, T.H., 1988. Fennoscandian palaeomagnetic database. Report Q29.1/88/4, Geophysics Department, Geological Survey of Finland, 20pp.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1988. Molspin User-Guide. Norwegian Geological Survey Report, 88.024, 25 pp.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Olesen, O., 1988. Petrophysics and Palaeomagnetism - Initial report of the Norwegian Geological Survey Laboratory. Norwegian Geological Survey Report, 88.171, 108 pp.
TORSVIK, T.H. & Rønning, J.S., 1988. CONMAC - Konvertering av elektriske målinger fra IBM-PC til HP3000 format. NGU Open File Report, 88.032, 14pp.
Sturt, B.A., TORSVIK, T.H. & Grønlie, A., 1987. Dating of hydrothermal alteration-zones and breccias in the Trondheimsfjord region: The Møre Trøndelag Fault Zone - A preliminary report. Norwegian Geology Survey Report, 87.138, 11p.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1986. IAPD - Interactive Analysis of Palaeomagnetic Data (User guide and program description). Internal Publication, Univ. of Bergen (Norway), 74 pp.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1985. Caledonian palaeomagnetism and geodynamic development in Palaeozoic and Mesozoic time. Dr. Philos thesis, Institute of Geophysics, University of Bergen, Norway.
TORSVIK, T.H., 1982. Palaeomagnetism of the Helmsdale Granite, NW Scotland. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Geophysics, University of Bergen, Norway.