Lower Palaeozoic outer shelf and slope lithostratigraphy, Franklinian basin, North Greenland

A.K. Higgins, N.J. Soper, N.C. Davis

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    Resumé

    The Early Cambrian to Early Silurian sequence exposed in anticlinal fold cores and thrust slices between northern Nyeboe Land and Adolf Jensen Fjord represents outer shelf, slope and basin fringe environments along the southern margin of the Franklinian basin. Four formations are distinguished. Regional variations in development of each formation are described based on numerous measured sections, and reflect the transition between outer shelf and trough. Fossil determinations (mainly of trilobites and graptolites) demonstrate that the boundary between the third and fourth formation (Kap stanton Formation/new formation of the Amundsen Land Group) is markedly diachronous, whereas the top of the Amundsen Land Group is everywhere Upper Llandovery.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    UdgivelsesstedCopenhagen
    ForlagGGU
    Antal sider61
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - okt. 1992

    Publikationsserier

    NavnOpen File Series Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse
    Nummer8
    Vol/bind92
    ISSN0903-7322

    Emneord

    • Greenland
    • North Greenland

    Programområde

    • Programområde 1: Data

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