Cretaceous-Tertiary magmatic and tectonic events in North Greenland and the history of adjacent ocean basins

• Published in: Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience
• Main Authors: Soper, Norman J., Dawes, Peter R., Higgins, Anthony K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 1982
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Canada; Greenland; Nares; Kap; Wandel; Kap Washington; Baffin; Labrador Sea; Nares strait; North Greenland; Wandel Sea
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/139582

Greenland emerged as a separate entity during the break-up of the Laurasian plate in Palaeogene time. Research in the last decade has revealed some of the magmatic and tectonic events which were associated with the development of Greenland's northern margin: late Cretaceous basic dyke swarms, a...