Notes on the palaeogeographical setting of the Eocambrian tillite-bearing sequence of southern Peary Land, North Greenland

Abstract

The Morænesø Formation is a tillite-bearing unit (Jepsen, 1971a) occurring in southern Peary Land (fig. 3). It follows stratigraphically the Precambrian Inuiteq Sø Formation (Jepsen, 1971a) and is in tuen overlain by the Eocambrian or early Cambrian Portfjeld Formation (Jepsen, 1971a). On J. C. Christensen Land and Valdemar Gliickstadt Land (fig. 3) the Campanuladal Formation (~ Campanuladal Sandstones and Limestones of Adams & Cowie, 1953) overlies Precambrian basalts (fig. 4) and is capped by either the Fyns Sø Formation (Fyn Sø Dolomite of Adams & Cowie, 1953) or the Portfjeld Formation.