*2.3. Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic*

During the Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic, the Nordkapp Basin underwent several contractional events, which are attributed to plate tectonic reorganizations related to the opening of the North Atlantic (Figure 1C; [21]). Consequently, pre-existing diapirs in the Nordkapp Basin were rejuvenated

by contractional diapirism [13,14]. Finally, successive events of uplift and erosion, including the Pleistocene glacial erosion, removed about 1.5 km of Cretaceous and Cenozoic strata in the basin [39,40].
