Paleomagnetic and age determinations on rocks from Nares Strait ...

• Main Authors: Denyszyn, Steven W, Halls, Henry C, Davis, Don W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2006
• Subjects: Geological sample; Baffin Bay; Baffin; Devon Island; Greenland; Nares strait; Thule
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.756937; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.756937

The Nares Strait controversy concerns the debate about whether or not a major sinistral transcurrent fault (the Wegener Fault) separates northern Greenland and Canada. To date no firm evidence has been found for the proposed 200 km sinistral offset, and to the contrary, geological correlations, main...