The karst and palaeokarst of North and North-East Greenland – physical records of cryptic geological intervals

• Published in: GEUS Bulletin
• Main Authors: M. Paul Smith, Gina E. Moseley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland 2022
• Subjects: caves; cenozoic; karst; neogene; miocene; palaeokarst; paleokarst; Geology; QE1-996.5; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Greenland; Kronprins Christian Land; Hall Land; Freuchen Land; C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak; East Greenland; Ice Sheet; Kronprins Christian land; North Greenland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v49.8298; https://doaj.org/article/d2fb1e33b17c495d94f644489173b628

Carbonate rocks of Neoproterozoic to Silurian age are abundantly distributed around the coasts of North and North-East Greenland. Palaeokarst horizons are particularly well developed within the Portfjeld Formation (Ediacaran – earliest Cambrian) and beneath the Buen Formation (Cambrian Series 2), an...