The Neoproterozoic Rivieradal Group of Kronprins Christian Land, eastern North Greenland

The Rivieradal Group, formally defined here, is confined to the Vandredalen thrust sheet of the Caledonian orogen in Kronprins Christian Land, eastern North Greenland. It comprises a succession of Neoproterozoic siliciclastic sediments that represent the fill of a half-graben basin. The syn-rift Riv...

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Published in:Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Bulletin
Main Authors: Smith, M. Paul, Higgins, A.K., Soper, N.J., Sønderholm, Martin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) 2004
Subjects:
Caledonian
North Greenland
Precambrian
Proterozoic
stratigraphy
Greenland
Hagen
Kronprins Christian Land
Independence Fjord
Hagen Fjord
Hagen fjord
Independence fjord
Kronprins Christian land
Online Access:https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4816
https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v6.4816
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Summary:The Rivieradal Group, formally defined here, is confined to the Vandredalen thrust sheet of the Caledonian orogen in Kronprins Christian Land, eastern North Greenland. It comprises a succession of Neoproterozoic siliciclastic sediments that represent the fill of a half-graben basin. The syn-rift Rivieradal Group is overlain by post-rift sediments of the Hagen Fjord Group. The latter succession is present in both the thrust sheet and the Caledonian foreland to the west. In the foreland, where the Rivieradal Group is not represented, the Hagen Fjord Group disconformably overlies Palaeoproterozoic–Mesoproterozoic sandstones of the Independence Fjord Group.

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