The geology of the Centrumsø area of Kronprins Christian Land, northeast Greenland, and lithological constraints on speleogenesis
The cave-bearing limestones of Kronprins Christian Land, northeast Greenland, were deposited on the Laurentian craton, on a sector of the margin referred to the Franklinian Basin. A 1.4km succession of Ordovician–Silurian carbonates rests unconformably on Lower Cambrian sandstones and Neoproterozoic...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:6812358 2024-09-15T18:08:51+00:00 The geology of the Centrumsø area of Kronprins Christian Land, northeast Greenland, and lithological constraints on speleogenesis Smith, M. Paul Rasmussenm, Jan Audun 2020-08-01 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6812358 eng eng Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6812357 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6812358 oai:zenodo.org:6812358 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Cave and Karst Science, 47(2), 60-65, (2020-08-01) cave geology Greenland speleogenesis info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.681235810.5281/zenodo.6812357 2024-07-27T05:42:39Z The cave-bearing limestones of Kronprins Christian Land, northeast Greenland, were deposited on the Laurentian craton, on a sector of the margin referred to the Franklinian Basin. A 1.4km succession of Ordovician–Silurian carbonates rests unconformably on Lower Cambrian sandstones and Neoproterozoic sediments, and the carbonate succession is overlain conformably by late Llandovery (Silurian) turbidites that mark the collapse of the continental shelf at the onset of Caledonian tectonics, due to loading by thrust sheets and their erosional products. The cave-bearing limestones form a thin-skinned duplex that sits beneath the Vandredalen thrust sheet, which in turn lies in the footwall of a major fault that bounds exhumed, deep crustal rocks. Despite the thickness of the Lower Palaeozoic succession, most of the caves are concentrated in a thin interval comprising the subtidal–peritidal carbonates of the Odins Fjord Formation and the overlying reef limestones of the Samuelsen Høj Formation (both late Llandovery, Silurian). Caves are found only in the vicinity of the Samuelsen Høj reefs despite extensive exploration of the area as part of the regional mapping programme and the Greenland Caves Project, suggesting a possible genetic link even for those caves developed entirely within the Odins Fjord Formation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Kronprins Christian land Zenodo |
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The cave-bearing limestones of Kronprins Christian Land, northeast Greenland, were deposited on the Laurentian craton, on a sector of the margin referred to the Franklinian Basin. A 1.4km succession of Ordovician–Silurian carbonates rests unconformably on Lower Cambrian sandstones and Neoproterozoic sediments, and the carbonate succession is overlain conformably by late Llandovery (Silurian) turbidites that mark the collapse of the continental shelf at the onset of Caledonian tectonics, due to loading by thrust sheets and their erosional products. The cave-bearing limestones form a thin-skinned duplex that sits beneath the Vandredalen thrust sheet, which in turn lies in the footwall of a major fault that bounds exhumed, deep crustal rocks. Despite the thickness of the Lower Palaeozoic succession, most of the caves are concentrated in a thin interval comprising the subtidal–peritidal carbonates of the Odins Fjord Formation and the overlying reef limestones of the Samuelsen Høj Formation (both late Llandovery, Silurian). Caves are found only in the vicinity of the Samuelsen Høj reefs despite extensive exploration of the area as part of the regional mapping programme and the Greenland Caves Project, suggesting a possible genetic link even for those caves developed entirely within the Odins Fjord Formation. |
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The geology of the Centrumsø area of Kronprins Christian Land, northeast Greenland, and lithological constraints on speleogenesis |
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The geology of the Centrumsø area of Kronprins Christian Land, northeast Greenland, and lithological constraints on speleogenesis |
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The geology of the Centrumsø area of Kronprins Christian Land, northeast Greenland, and lithological constraints on speleogenesis |
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The geology of the Centrumsø area of Kronprins Christian Land, northeast Greenland, and lithological constraints on speleogenesis |
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The geology of the Centrumsø area of Kronprins Christian Land, northeast Greenland, and lithological constraints on speleogenesis |
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geology of the centrumsø area of kronprins christian land, northeast greenland, and lithological constraints on speleogenesis |
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Cave and Karst Science, 47(2), 60-65, (2020-08-01) |
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