Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy of the East Greenland Caledonides

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, containi...

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Published in:Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Bulletin
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 (GEUS) 2004
Subjects:
Early Palaeozoic
North-East Greenland
stratigraphy
Greenland
Burrows
Kong Oscar Fjord
Kronprins Christian Land
Lambert Land
Målebjerg
East Greenland
Kong Oscar fjord
Kronprins Christian land
Lambert land
Online Access:https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4815
https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v6.4815
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Summary: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.

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