Angiospermous leaves from the Lower Cretaceous Kome Formation of northern West Greenland

Abstract

The Korne Formation occurs on the north side of Nûgssuaq peninsula (70°5'N) in northern West Greenland. It extends from Ikorfat (53°5'W) eastwards to Kûk. The limnic sediments of the Korne Formation, comprising shales, coal seams and sandstones, lie on weathered Precambrian gneisses and are overlain by a younger limnic formation with more sandy sediments. The two formations are separated by a low-angle unconformity at a height of 400-500 m. The upper limnic formation has been shown by means of plant microfossils to belong to the lower part of the Upper Cretaceous. In the western part of the area the two limnic formations are overlain by marine sediments of Senonian age (Rosenkrantz, 1951).