Geology and timing of dextral strike-slip shear zones in Danmarkshavn, North-East Greenland Caledonides

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Authors: SARTINI-RIDEOUT, C., GILOTTI, J. A., McCLELLAND, W. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
• Subjects: Danmarkshavn; Germania Land; Greenland; East Greenland; Germania land
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756806001968; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756806001968

The North-East Greenland eclogite province is divided into a western, central and eastern block by the sinistral Storstrømmen shear zone in the west and the dextral Germania Land deformation zone in the east. A family of steep, NNW-striking dextral mylonite zones in the Danmarkshavn area are geometr...