Establishing a Provenance Framework for Sandstones in the Greenland–Norway Rift from the Composition of Moraine/Outwash Sediments

• Published in: Geosciences
• Main Authors: Adam G. Szulc, Andrew C. Morton, Andrew G. Whitham, Sidney R. Hemming, Stuart N. Thomson
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: provenance; heavy minerals; East Greenland; Arctic; Dronning Louise Land; Gåseland; Germania Land; Greenland; Heidrun; Hinks; Liverpool Land; Lyell Land; Milne Land; Norway; Payer Land; Renland; Suess Land; Traill Ø; Dronning Louise land; Germania land; Nordland; Traill ø
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12020073

The crystalline basement and Caledonian orogenic belt of East Greenland between 70 and 78° N are divided into five source regions on the basis of heavy mineral assemblages, mineral geochemistry, and isotopic age data from 42 modern moraine/outwash samples. The sand types generated by the five source...