The North Greenland fold belt in eastern Nansen Land

Authors

  • J.D Friderichsen
  • H.-J Bengaard

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34194/rapggu.v126.7912

Abstract

Field work in 1984 shows that Nansen Land consists of clastic rocks of the carbonaceous Paradisfjeld Group and terrigeneous rocks of the Polkorridoren Group; both are lower Cambrian in age and deposited in a slope and fan environment. Two major Ellesmerian (Devonian to Carboniferous) phases of deformation gave rise to east-west trending folds and schistosities. Three phases of Eurekan (upper Cretaceous to Tertiary) deformation, associated with dyke intrusion, are recognised. The second of these may be related to transpression on the Harder Fjord fault zone, though no major strike-slip movement seems to have taken place.

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Published

1985-12-31

How to Cite

Friderichsen, J., & Bengaard, H.-J. (1985). The North Greenland fold belt in eastern Nansen Land. Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, 126, 69–78. https://doi.org/10.34194/rapggu.v126.7912

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Vol. 126 (1985): Report on the 1984 geological expedition to central and western North Greenland

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