Fold belts and metamorphic zones of northern Ellesmere Island and North Greenland
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-...
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ftsbaarhusojs:oai:ojs.tidsskrift.dk:article/139578 2024-01-28T10:05:31+01:00 Fold belts and metamorphic zones of northern Ellesmere Island and North Greenland Higgins, Anthony K. Mayr, Ulrich Soper, Norman J. 1982-06-10 application/pdf https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/139578 eng eng The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/139578/183595 https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/139578 Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience; Vol. 8 (1982): Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience; 159-166 Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience; Årg. 8 (1982): Meddelelser om Grønland, Geoscience; 159-166 1600-4590 0106-1046 10.7146/moggeosci.v8i info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1982 ftsbaarhusojs https://doi.org/10.7146/moggeosci.v8i 2024-01-03T23:59:20Z 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-Tertiary Eurekan orogeny deformed the Carboniferous-Tertiary rocks of the Sverdrup and Wandel Sea Basins, and overprinted or accentuated the older structures of the Franklinian geosyncline. The locations of the south limit of Ellesmerian folding, and of fold belts of comparable style, deformation intensity and metamorphic grade on the two sides of the Nares Strait lineament are consistent with models of left-lateral displacement in the range 0-50 km. Models of displacement greater than 50 km introduce increasingly improbable mismatches of fold belts and metamorphic zones. The Innuitian tectonic province extends in its eastern part through northern Ellesmere Article in Journal/Newspaper Ellesmere Island Greenland Nares strait North Greenland Wandel Sea Aarhus University: OJS at The State and University Library Ellesmere Island Greenland Nares ENVELOPE(158.167,158.167,-81.450,-81.450) Wandel ENVELOPE(-64.000,-64.000,-65.083,-65.083) Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience 8 |
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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-Tertiary Eurekan orogeny deformed the Carboniferous-Tertiary rocks of the Sverdrup and Wandel Sea Basins, and overprinted or accentuated the older structures of the Franklinian geosyncline. The locations of the south limit of Ellesmerian folding, and of fold belts of comparable style, deformation intensity and metamorphic grade on the two sides of the Nares Strait lineament are consistent with models of left-lateral displacement in the range 0-50 km. Models of displacement greater than 50 km introduce increasingly improbable mismatches of fold belts and metamorphic zones. The Innuitian tectonic province extends in its eastern part through northern Ellesmere |
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Higgins, Anthony K. Mayr, Ulrich Soper, Norman J. Fold belts and metamorphic zones of northern Ellesmere Island and North Greenland |
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Higgins, Anthony K. Mayr, Ulrich Soper, Norman J. |
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Higgins, Anthony K. |
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Fold belts and metamorphic zones of northern Ellesmere Island and North Greenland |
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Fold belts and metamorphic zones of northern Ellesmere Island and North Greenland |
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Fold belts and metamorphic zones of northern Ellesmere Island and North Greenland |
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Fold belts and metamorphic zones of northern Ellesmere Island and North Greenland |
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Fold belts and metamorphic zones of northern Ellesmere Island and North Greenland |
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fold belts and metamorphic zones of northern ellesmere island and north greenland |
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The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center |
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1982 |
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ENVELOPE(158.167,158.167,-81.450,-81.450) ENVELOPE(-64.000,-64.000,-65.083,-65.083) |
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Ellesmere Island Greenland Nares Wandel |
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Ellesmere Island Greenland Nares Wandel |
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Ellesmere Island Greenland Nares strait North Greenland Wandel Sea |
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Ellesmere Island Greenland Nares strait North Greenland Wandel Sea |
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Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience; Vol. 8 (1982): Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience; 159-166 Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience; Årg. 8 (1982): Meddelelser om Grønland, Geoscience; 159-166 1600-4590 0106-1046 10.7146/moggeosci.v8i |
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