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  1. The geology of the #NorwegianSea began to form 60 million years ago in the early #Cenozoic, as rifting led to the eruption of #mafic oceanic crust, separating #Scandinavia and #Greenland. Together with the #NorthSea the Norwegian Sea has become highly researched since the 1960s with the discovery of oil and natural gas in thick offshore sediments on top of the #NorwegianContinentalShelf.