The Sjælland Fjelde Formation: a new Ordovician formation from eastern North Greenland

Authors

  • J.R Ineson
  • J.S Peel
  • M.P Smith

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34194/rapggu.v132.7961

Abstract

The name Sjælland Fjelde Formation is introduced for a varied sequence of shallow-water platform dolomites and dolomitic limestones, about 105 m in thickness, in Kronprins Christian Land, eastern North Greenland. The new formation lies between the previously described Wandel Valley and Børglum River Formations. Conodont faunas indicate that the Sjælland Fjelde Formation is of Middle to earliest Late Whiterockian (early Middle Ordovician) age and that it can be eorrelated with the upper part of the Wandel Valley Formation of Peary Land to the north-west.

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Published

1986-12-31

How to Cite

Ineson, J., Peel, J., & Smith, M. (1986). The Sjælland Fjelde Formation: a new Ordovician formation from eastern North Greenland. Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, 132, 27–37. https://doi.org/10.34194/rapggu.v132.7961

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Vol. 132 (1986): North Greenland Lower Palaeozoic palaeontology and stratigraphy: short contributions

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