Continental Collision Structures and Post-Orogenic Geological History of the Kangerlussuaq Area in the Southern Part of the Nagssugtoqidian Orogen, Central West Greenland

• Published in: Geosciences
• Main Authors: Jon Engström, Knud Klint
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2014
• Subjects: continental collision structures; Kangerlussuaq–Russell thrust fault; tectonic structural model; Nagssugtoqidian orogeny; West Greenland; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Ice cap; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences4040316

Deep-seated continental collision sutures, formed at a depth of more than 20 km, are exposed near Kangerlussuaq, close to the Greenland ice cap, on the southern margin of the Nagssugtoqidian orogen in Central West Greenland, thus offering a rare opportunity to study the tectonic deformation style of...