Non-existence of the Carolinidian orogeny in the Prinsesse Caroline – Mathilde Alper of Kronprins Christian Land, eastern North Greenland

Abstract

In 1961 John Haller proclaimed the presence of an older, pre-Caledonian, orogeny in the northern part of the Caledonian fold belt of East Greenland. Haller called it the 'Carolinidian orogeny' after the Prinsesse Caroline-Mathilde Alper in Kronprins Christian Land in easternmost North Greenland, where the pre-Caledonian structures were regarded to be well preserved (Haller, 1970, p. 48). The Carolinidian fold belt was considered to extend from the northern part of East Greenland over most of North-East and North Greenland to northern Ellesmere Island in arctic Canada (Haller, 1970, fig. 18).