Sequence stratigraphy of a low productivity carbonate platform succession: the Upper Permian Wegener Halvø Formation, Karstryggen Area, East Greenland

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Author: Stemmerik, Lars
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Greenland; Wegener Halvø; East Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2001.00352.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.2001.00352.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2001.00352.x

The carbonate platform of the Upper Permian Wegener Halvø Formation in the Karstryggen area of central East Greenland is an example of a carbonate system with low production rates (2–3 cm kyr –1 ) and differs from most other carbonate platforms by the lack of well‐developed highstand progradation. T...