Triassic to Early Jurassic climatic trends recorded in the Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland: clay mineralogy, petrography and heavy mineralogy

• Published in: Basin Research
• Main Authors: Decou, Audrey, Andrews, Steven D., Alderton, David H. M., Morton, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Buff; Fleming Fjord; Gipsdalen; Greenland; Jameson Land; Kap; Kap Stewart; East Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bre.12194; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fbre.12194; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/bre.12194

Abstract During the Early Triassic the Jameson Land Basin (Central East Greenland) was located around 30° N, in the Northern arid belt, but by the Early Jurassic was positioned at a latitude of approximately 50° N. This study examines the record of this transition through a largely continental succe...