The evolution of the Nares Strait lineament and its relation to the Eurekan orogeny

• Published in: Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience
• Main Author: Peirce, John W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 1982
• Subjects: Ellesmere Island; Bylot Island; Greenland; Lancaster Sound; Nares; Labrador Sea; Nares strait; North Atlantic; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/141064

If one accepts that the Labrador Sea was closed in Early Cretaceous time, then this assumption creates extra space northwest of Greenland. Where Ellesmere Island lay within it relative to Greenland and also to North America becomes a major problem in geological interpretation. Whatever solution is c...