Nares Strait: a conflict between plate tectonic predictions and geological interpretation

• Published in: Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience
• Main Authors: Srivastava, Shiri P., Falconer, Robin K. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 1982
• Subjects: Greenland; Nares; Parry; Nares strait; Parry Channel; Queen Elizabeth Islands
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/139606

The majority of published plate tectonic models concerning relative movement of North America and Greenland predict sinistral movement of 100 to 250 km along Nares Strait since the mid-Upper Cretaceous. Some models also predict an initial gap of up to 150 km across it in late Cretaceous time. If geo...