Episodic burial and exhumation in North-East Greenland before and after opening of the North-East Atlantic

The geology of North-East Greenland (70-78 degrees N) exposes unique evidence of the basin development between the Devonian collapse of the Caledonian Orogen and the extrusion of volcanics at the Paleocene-Eocene transition during break-up of the North-East Atlantic. Here we pay special attention to...

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Published in:GEUS Bulletin
Main Authors: Japsen, Peter, Green, Paul F., Bonow, Johan M., Bjerager, Morten, Hopper, John R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen 2021
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https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v45.5299
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spelling ftuppsalauniv:oai:DiVA.org:uu-470540 2023-05-15T16:03:34+02:00 Episodic burial and exhumation in North-East Greenland before and after opening of the North-East Atlantic Japsen, Peter Green, Paul F. Bonow, Johan M. Bjerager, Morten Hopper, John R. 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-470540 https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v45.5299 eng eng Uppsala universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen Geol Survey Denmark & Greenland GEUS, Copenhagen, Denmark. Geotrack Int, Brunswick West, Vic, Australia. Geovisiona AB, Bro, Sweden. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DENMARK & GREENLAND , 2021, 45:2, Geus Bulletin, 2597-2154, 2021, 45:2, orcid:0000-0003-0547-0565 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-470540 doi:10.34194/geusb.v45.5299 ISI:000766095600001 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Erosion hiatus peneplain uplift tectonics Geology Geologi Geosciences Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinär geovetenskap Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2021 ftuppsalauniv https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v45.5299 2023-02-23T22:00:07Z The geology of North-East Greenland (70-78 degrees N) exposes unique evidence of the basin development between the Devonian collapse of the Caledonian Orogen and the extrusion of volcanics at the Paleocene-Eocene transition during break-up of the North-East Atlantic. Here we pay special attention to unconformities in the stratigraphic record - do they represent periods of stability and non-deposition or periods of subsidence and accumulation of rocks followed by episodes of uplift and erosion? To answer that and other questions, we used apatite fission-track analysis and vitrinite reflectance data together with stratigraphic landscape analysis and observations from the stratigraphic record to study the thermo-tectonic history of North-East Greenland. Our analysis reveals eight regional stages of post-Caledonian development: (1) Late Carboniferous uplift and erosion led to formation of a sub-Permian peneplain covered by coarse siliciclastic deposits. (2) Middle Triassic exhumation led to removal of a thick cover including a considerable thickness of upper Carboniferous - Middle Triassic rocks and produced thick siliciclastic deposits in the rift system. (3) Denudation at the transition between the Early and Middle Jurassic affected most of the study area outside the Jameson Land Basin and produced a weathered surface above which Middle-Upper Jurassic sediments accumulated. (4) Earliest Cretaceous uplift and erosion along the rifted margin and further inland accompanied the Mesozoic rift climax and produced coarse-grained sedimentary infill of the rift basins. (5) Mid-Cretaceous uplift and erosion initiated removal of Cretaceous post-rift sediments that had accumulated above the Mesozoic rifts and their hinterland, leading to cooling of Mesozoic sediments from maximum palaeotemperatures. (6) End-Eocene uplift was accompanied by faulting and intrusion of magmatic bodies and resulted in extensive mass wasting on the East Greenland shelf. This event initiated the removal of a thick post-rift succession that had ... Article in Journal/Newspaper East Greenland Greenland North East Atlantic Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) Greenland Jameson Land ENVELOPE(-23.500,-23.500,71.167,71.167) GEUS Bulletin 45 2
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topic Erosion
hiatus
peneplain
uplift
tectonics
Geology
Geologi
Geosciences
Multidisciplinary
Multidisciplinär geovetenskap
spellingShingle Erosion
hiatus
peneplain
uplift
tectonics
Geology
Geologi
Geosciences
Multidisciplinary
Multidisciplinär geovetenskap
Japsen, Peter
Green, Paul F.
Bonow, Johan M.
Bjerager, Morten
Hopper, John R.
Episodic burial and exhumation in North-East Greenland before and after opening of the North-East Atlantic
topic_facet Erosion
hiatus
peneplain
uplift
tectonics
Geology
Geologi
Geosciences
Multidisciplinary
Multidisciplinär geovetenskap
description The geology of North-East Greenland (70-78 degrees N) exposes unique evidence of the basin development between the Devonian collapse of the Caledonian Orogen and the extrusion of volcanics at the Paleocene-Eocene transition during break-up of the North-East Atlantic. Here we pay special attention to unconformities in the stratigraphic record - do they represent periods of stability and non-deposition or periods of subsidence and accumulation of rocks followed by episodes of uplift and erosion? To answer that and other questions, we used apatite fission-track analysis and vitrinite reflectance data together with stratigraphic landscape analysis and observations from the stratigraphic record to study the thermo-tectonic history of North-East Greenland. Our analysis reveals eight regional stages of post-Caledonian development: (1) Late Carboniferous uplift and erosion led to formation of a sub-Permian peneplain covered by coarse siliciclastic deposits. (2) Middle Triassic exhumation led to removal of a thick cover including a considerable thickness of upper Carboniferous - Middle Triassic rocks and produced thick siliciclastic deposits in the rift system. (3) Denudation at the transition between the Early and Middle Jurassic affected most of the study area outside the Jameson Land Basin and produced a weathered surface above which Middle-Upper Jurassic sediments accumulated. (4) Earliest Cretaceous uplift and erosion along the rifted margin and further inland accompanied the Mesozoic rift climax and produced coarse-grained sedimentary infill of the rift basins. (5) Mid-Cretaceous uplift and erosion initiated removal of Cretaceous post-rift sediments that had accumulated above the Mesozoic rifts and their hinterland, leading to cooling of Mesozoic sediments from maximum palaeotemperatures. (6) End-Eocene uplift was accompanied by faulting and intrusion of magmatic bodies and resulted in extensive mass wasting on the East Greenland shelf. This event initiated the removal of a thick post-rift succession that had ...
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Japsen, Peter
Green, Paul F.
Bonow, Johan M.
Bjerager, Morten
Hopper, John R.
author_facet Japsen, Peter
Green, Paul F.
Bonow, Johan M.
Bjerager, Morten
Hopper, John R.
author_sort Japsen, Peter
title Episodic burial and exhumation in North-East Greenland before and after opening of the North-East Atlantic
title_short Episodic burial and exhumation in North-East Greenland before and after opening of the North-East Atlantic
title_full Episodic burial and exhumation in North-East Greenland before and after opening of the North-East Atlantic
title_fullStr Episodic burial and exhumation in North-East Greenland before and after opening of the North-East Atlantic
title_full_unstemmed Episodic burial and exhumation in North-East Greenland before and after opening of the North-East Atlantic
title_sort episodic burial and exhumation in north-east greenland before and after opening of the north-east atlantic
publisher Uppsala universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen
publishDate 2021
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Jameson Land
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Greenland
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North East Atlantic
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