Open AccessSedimentary basin analysis of the continental Devonian basin in North-East Greenland
Author(s) -
Henrik Palmer Olsen
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2936
pISSN - 0105-3507
DOI - 10.34194/bullggu.v168.6724
Subject(s) - geology , structural basin , devonian , stage (stratigraphy) , paleontology , sedimentary rock , sedimentary basin analysis , drainage basin , geomorphology , sedimentary basin , geography , cartography
Continental Devonian sediments attain a stratigraphic thickness in excess of 8000 m in North-East Greenland. Four tectonostratigraphic basin stages are recognized in the succession defined by drainage patterns and bounding unconformities and named according to their constituent Iithostratigraphic units. The oldest Vilddal basin stage exhibits eastward drainage, the succeeding Kap Kolthoff - Kap Graah basin stage exhibits southward drainage, northward drainage characterizes the Celsius Bjerg basin stage, and southwestward drainage is characteristic of the youngest Harder Bjerg basin stage.