Fold belts and metamorphic zones of northern Ellesmere Island and North Greenland

• Published in: Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience
• Main Authors: Higgins, Anthony K., Mayr, Ulrich, Soper, Norman J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 1982
• Subjects: Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Nares; Wandel; Nares strait; North Greenland; Wandel Sea
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/139578

The Innuitian tectonic province extends in its eastern part through northern Ellesmere Island and across North Greenland. The mid- to late Palaeozoic Ellesmerian orogeny produced NE-SW to E-W trending fold belts and metamorphic zones in the strata of the Franklinian geosyncline. The late Cretaceous-...