Development of the Lower Cambrian-Middle Ordovician Carbonate Platform: North Atlantic Region
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Development of the Lower Cambrian-Middle Ordovician Carbonate Platform: North Atlantic Region. / Stouge, Svend; Harper, David A.T.; Boyce, William D. ; Knight, Ian; Christiansen, Jørgen L.
The great American carbonate bank: The geology and economic resources of the Cambrian - Ordovician Sauk megasequence of Laurentia. ed. / J.R. Derby; R.D. Fritz; S.A. Longacre; W.A. Morgan; C.A. Sternbach. Vol. 98 AAPG Memoir, 2012. p. 597-626.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Development of the Lower Cambrian-Middle Ordovician Carbonate Platform: North Atlantic Region
AU - Stouge, Svend
AU - Harper, David A.T.
AU - Boyce, William D.
AU - Knight, Ian
AU - Christiansen, Jørgen L.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The northeastern margin of Laurentia formed an important part of the Iapetus Ocean and includes the development of the Franklinian Basin in North Greenland and Arctic Canada. The uninterrupted continental margin bordering the North American craton is represented by well-exposed successions in Northeast and eastern North Greenland, together with Svalbard and Bjørnøya. Physiographically, the northeastern margin of Laurentia during the early Paleozoic history of Greenland was a northward extension of the passive rifted continentalmargin of the Caledonian continental edge of Laurentia. It was a transform-rifted margin and represents the part of the Laurentian margin that borders the Arctic part of the North Atlantic Ocean. Geologically, the northwestern segment of the continental margin has a somewhat different setting and development from farther south in the Northeast Greenland–Svalbard segment but both regions overlie a thick and extensive package of Neoproterozoic rocks andwere affected by the Caledonian orogeny.
AB - The northeastern margin of Laurentia formed an important part of the Iapetus Ocean and includes the development of the Franklinian Basin in North Greenland and Arctic Canada. The uninterrupted continental margin bordering the North American craton is represented by well-exposed successions in Northeast and eastern North Greenland, together with Svalbard and Bjørnøya. Physiographically, the northeastern margin of Laurentia during the early Paleozoic history of Greenland was a northward extension of the passive rifted continentalmargin of the Caledonian continental edge of Laurentia. It was a transform-rifted margin and represents the part of the Laurentian margin that borders the Arctic part of the North Atlantic Ocean. Geologically, the northwestern segment of the continental margin has a somewhat different setting and development from farther south in the Northeast Greenland–Svalbard segment but both regions overlie a thick and extensive package of Neoproterozoic rocks andwere affected by the Caledonian orogeny.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Cambrium
KW - Ordovician
KW - Carbonate Platform
KW - Laurentia
KW - Nort Atlantic Region
KW - Greenland
KW - Svalbard archipelago (Norway)
U2 - DOI:10.1306/13331509M983508
DO - DOI:10.1306/13331509M983508
M3 - Book chapter
VL - 98
SP - 597
EP - 626
BT - The great American carbonate bank: The geology and economic resources of the Cambrian - Ordovician Sauk megasequence of Laurentia
A2 - Derby, J.R.
A2 - Fritz, R.D.
A2 - Longacre, S.A.
A2 - Morgan, W.A.
A2 - Sternbach, C.A.
PB - AAPG Memoir
ER -
ID: 231901288