East Greenland Caledonides: stratigraphy, structure and geochronology: Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy of the East Greenland Caledonides

• Main Authors: Smith, M. Paul, Rasmussen, Jan Audun, Robertson, Steve, Higgins, A.K., Leslie, A. Graham
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland 2004
• Subjects: Early Palaeozoic; North-East Greenland; stratigraphy; Geology; QE1-996.5; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Greenland; Burrows; Kong Oscar Fjord; Kronprins Christian Land; Lambert Land; Målebjerg; East Greenland; Kong Oscar fjord; Kronprins Christian land; Lambert land; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/0690604e7aab4d94b96428daa67f1a48

The Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy of the East Greenland Caledonides, from the fjord region of North-East Greenland northwards to Kronprins Christian Land, is reviewed and a number of new lithostratigraphical units are proposed. The Slottet Formation (new) is a Lower Cambrian quartzite unit, containing Skolithos burrows, that is present in the Målebjerg and Eleonore Sø tectonic windows, in the nunatak region of North-East Greenland. The unit is the source of common and often-reported glacial erratic boulders containing Skolithos that are distributed throughout the fjord region. The Målebjerg Formation (new) overlies the Slottet Formation in the tectonic windows, and comprises limestones and dolostones of assumed Cambrian–Ordovician age. The Lower Palaeozoic succession of the fjord region of East Greenland (dominantly limestones and dolostones) is formally placed in the Kong Oscar Fjord Group (new). Amendments are proposed for several existing units in the Kronprins Christian Land and Lambert Land areas, where they occur in autochthonous, parautochthonous and allochthonous settings.