Open AccessThe Navarana Fjord Member (new) - an Upper Llandovery platform derived carbonate conglomerate
Author(s) -
Finn Surlyk,
Jon R. Ineson
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v133.7975
Subject(s) - conglomerate , geology , fjord , carbonate , paleontology , carbonate platform , turbidite , geomorphology , sedimentary depositional environment , sedimentary rock , structural basin , chemistry , organic chemistry
A new lithostratigraphical unit, the Navarana Fjord Member of latest Llandovery age, is formally erected in this paper. It consists of an up to 80 m thick sequence of amalgamated carbonate conglomerate beds. The member is presently known from the east and west coast of Navarana Fjord, central North Greenland. It rests or, Silurian carbonate platform to the south. To the north of the platform margin scarp it rests on and interfingers with turbidites of the Merqujôq Formation. The member is inc!uded in the Merquj6q Formation and forms an important marker reflecting the final foundering of the outer carbonate platform.