The Archean Victoria Fjord terrane of northernmost Greenland and geodynamic interpretation of Precambrian crust in and surrounding the Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Journal of Geodynamics
• Main Authors: Nutman, Allen P., Bennett, Victoria, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Henriksen, Niels, Ali, Sarmad A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Victoria Fjord; North Greenland; Victoria fjord
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/204780; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2019.03.006; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/204780/5/01_Nutman_The_Archean_Victoria_Fjord_2019.pdf.jpg

In far North Greenland at the head of Victoria Fjord (∼81°30′N), a ∼1000 km2 exposure of Precambrian crystalline basement rocks is a window through the region's extensive latest Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic Arctic Platform sedimentary cover sequence. These basement rocks, named here the Victori...