Forest-tundra neighbouring the north pole: Plant and insect remains from the Plio-Pleistocene Kap Kobenhavn Formation

• Main Authors: O. Bennike, J. Bocher
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; North Pole; Peary; Kap; Peary Land; Groenland; North Greenland; Subarctic; subarctique*; Tundra
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.542.6780; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic43-4-331.pdf

ABSTRACT. The Kap Kerbenhavn Formation in northeast Peary Land, Greenland, is believed to be 2.0-2.5 million years old, i.e., from the Plio-Pleistocene transition. The dating is primarily based on biostratigraphical correlation of lower marine fauna and a few fragments of terrestrial mammals. Althou...