Precambrian–Palaeozoic geology of Smith Sound, Canada and Greenland: key constraint to palaeogeographic reconstructions of northern Laurentia and the North Atlantic region

• Published in: Terra Nova
• Main Author: Dawes, Peter R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Canada; Greenland; Nares; Smith Sound; Nares strait; North Atlantic; Smith sound
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00845.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3121.2008.00845.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00845.x

Abstract Nares Strait separating Greenland and northernmost Canada is floored by continental crust. Most palaeogeographic reconstructions of Laurentia and the North Atlantic region model the seaway as the site of massive sinistral strike–slip and/or compression/transpression, subduction and collisio...