Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy of the East Greenland Caledonides

Authors

  • M. Paul Smith Lapworth Museum, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
  • Jan Audun Rasmussen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
  • Steve Robertson British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK
  • A.K. Higgins Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
  • A. Graham Leslie British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v6.4815

Keywords:

Early Palaeozoic, North-East Greenland, stratigraphy

Abstract

The Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy of the East Greenland Caledonides, from the fjord region of North-East Greenland northwards to Kronprins Christian Land, is reviewed and a number of new lithostratigraphical units are proposed. The Slottet Formation (new) is a Lower Cambrian quartzite unit, containing Skolithos burrows, that is present in the Målebjerg and Eleonore Sø tectonic windows, in the nunatak region of North-East Greenland. The unit is the source of common and often-reported glacial erratic boulders containing Skolithos that are distributed throughout the fjord region. The Målebjerg Formation (new) overlies the Slottet Formation in the tectonic windows, and comprises limestones and dolostones of assumed Cambrian–Ordovician age. The Lower Palaeozoic succession of the fjord region of East Greenland (dominantly limestones and dolostones) is formally placed in the Kong Oscar Fjord Group (new). Amendments are proposed for several existing units in the Kronprins Christian Land and Lambert Land areas, where they occur in autochthonous, parautochthonous and allochthonous settings.

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Published

30-12-2004

How to Cite

Smith, M. P. ., Rasmussen, J. A. ., Robertson, S. ., Higgins, A. ., & Leslie, A. G. . (2004). Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy of the East Greenland Caledonides. GEUS Bulletin, 6, 5–28. https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v6.4815