Foraminiferal evidence for the East Greenland Current during the Oligocene

Abstract

This note summarises results of a microfaunal investigation of nine samples collected in 1971 from the Eocene-Oligocene Krabbedalen Formation, Scoresby Sund, central East Greenland. Six of the samples were taken from a continuous section at Krabbedalen and the remaining three from poor, isolated exposures 0.5 km east and 2.5 km south of Krabbedalen, and 4 km south of Søstrene (Birkenmajer, 1972, fig. 13). The microfauna includes 37 foraminiferal species, predominantly arenaceous benthos (29 species), with single specimens of calcareous benthos (7 species) and one specimen of calcareous plankton.