Forest-Tundra Neighbouring the North Pole: Plant and Insect Remains from the Plio-Pleistocene Kap København Formation, North Greenland

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Bennike, O., Böcher, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1990
• Subjects: Plio-Pleistocene; North Greenland; palaeoecology; forest-tundra; Groenland septentrional; palétoécologie; forêt-toundra; Arctic; Greenland; Kap; Kap København; North Pole; Peary; Peary Land; Groenland; Subarctic; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64683

The Kap Kobenhavn Formation in northeast Peary Land, Greenland, is believed to be 2.0-2.5 million years old, i.e., from the Plio-Pleistocene transition. The dating is primarily based on biostratigraphical correlation of lower marine fauna and a few fragments of terrestrial mammals. Although deposite...