Lithostratigraphy and structure of the North Greenland fold belt in Nansen Land

Abstract

Field work in Nansen Land and adjacent areas in 1985 has largely confirmed the provisional lithostratigraphy of the Paradisfjeld Group and Polkorridoren Group previously established; both are Lower Cambrian deep-water sequences. Some units of the Polkorridoren Group show marked thickness variations. Two major phases of Ellesmerian (Devonian-Carboniferous) deformation are recognised, whereas Eurekan (CretaceousTertiary) events are limited to relatively minor structures, and several phases of dyke intrusion.