East Greenland Caledonides: stratigraphy, structure and geochronology: The Caledonian thin-skinned thrust belt of Kronprins Christian Land, eastern North Greenland

• Main Authors: Higgins, A.K., Soper, N.J., Smith, M. Paul, Rasmussen, Jan A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland 2004
• Subjects: Caledonides; conodonts; Greenland; Ordovician; thrust tectonics; Geology; QE1-996.5; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Kronprins Christian Land; East Greenland; Kronprins Christian land; North Greenland; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/e17004b41f2d4b2c83b51fff6761e64b

Kronprins Christian Land in the extreme north of the East Greenland Caledonides, exposes a thin-skinned thrust belt up to 50 km wide developed in Ordovician–Silurian platform limestones and dolostones of the Iapetus passive margin. This thrust belt is characterised by a series of SSW–NNE-trending an...