A geological case for movement between Canada and Greenland along Nares Strait

• Published in: Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience
• Main Author: H. Newman, Patricia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 1982
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Greenland; Lancaster Sound; Nares; Baffin; Nares strait
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/141059

Nares Strait, part of a 1400 km long lineament between Canada and Greenland, may be one arm (along with Lancaster Sound and Baffin Bay) of a triple junction. Study of the geological literature on the area from northern Baffin Island to northern Greenland revealed a number of possibly important marke...