Open AccessThin-skinned structures at the basin-shelf transition in North Greenland
Author(s) -
Nathaniel J. Soper,
A.K Higgins
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v126.7914
Subject(s) - geology , fjord , structural basin , transition zone , vergence (optics) , fold (higher order function) , nappe , paleontology , oceanography , geomorphology , geophysics , tectonics , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , optics
Description is given of the structural pattern in the southern part of the North Greenland fold belt between northern Nyeboe Land and Adolf Jensen Fjord. The structures prove to be of thin-skinned fold-and-thrust type with southeriy vergence, quite distinct from that of the north-verging, multiply deforrned orthotectonic zone to the north.