The Eleonore Sø and Målebjerg foreland windows, East Greenland Caledonides, and the demise of the 'stockwerke' concept

A.K. Higgins; A. Graham Leslie

doi:10.34194/geusb.v6.4820

The Eleonore Sø and Målebjerg foreland windows, East Greenland Caledonides, and the demise of the 'stockwerke' concept

A.K. Higgins, A. Graham Leslie

Department of Mapping and Mineral Resources

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Abstract

Recognition of the Eleonore Sø and Målebjerg foreland windows during the 1997–1998 regional mapping expeditions to the East Greenland Caledonides provided critical evidence for largescale, westward-directed thrusting in the Kong Oscar Fjord region (72°–75°N), a revelation that dealt a final blow to the ‘stockwerke’ concept of an in situ highly mobile infrastructure characterised by rising fronts of Caledonian migmatisation and metasomatism. This paper reviews earlier investigations in both the Eleonore Sø and Målebjerg areas, and the misinterpretations of rock units that initially obscured recognition of their foreland affinity. The Eleonore Sø and Målebjerg windows can now be placed in context, as part of the lowest structural level of the foreland-propagating thrust pile of the Kong Oscar Fjord region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77–93
Number of pages	17
Journal	Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v6.4820
Publication status	Published - 30 Dec 2004

Keywords

Caledonides
East Greenland
Tectonic windows

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Programme Area 4: Mineral Resources

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