Structural analysis of the Rubjerg Knude Glaciotectonic Complex, Vendsyssel, Northern Denmark

• Main Author: Pedersen, Stig A. Schack
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland 2005
• Subjects: Northern Jylland; Denmark; Weichselian; glacial geology; glaciotectonics; thin-skinned thrust faulting; balanced cross-section; thrust-fault dynamics; imbricate duplexes mud diapirs; piggyback basins; Geology; QE1-996.5; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Arctic; Jylland; Rubjerg Knude; Ice Sheet; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin; Knude
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/54dcedf1a73c4fedba503d4542de7693

The Rubjerg Knude Glaciotectonic Complex is a thin-skinned thrust-fault complex that was formed during the advance of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet (30 000 – 26 000 B.P.); it is well exposed in a 6 km long coastal profile bordering the North Sea in northern Denmark. Theglaciotectonic thrust-fault defor...