Geological and depositional setting of the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte (Early Cambrian), North Greenland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Ineson, Jon R., Peel, John S.
• Other Authors: Bentley, Samuel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2011
• Subjects: Greenland; North Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e11-018; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/e11-018; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e11-018

The Early Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland occurs in marine mudstones (Buen Formation) deposited in a slope environment along the eroded scarp of a pre-existing carbonate platform. The shallow-water platform is represented by dolostones of the Portfjeld Formation (Neoproterozoic...