Open AccessTension structures related to gliding tectonics in the Caledonian superstructure of Canning Land and Wegener Halvø, central East Greenland
Author(s) -
Renaud Caby
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v72.7413
Subject(s) - precambrian , geology , bedding , bay , tectonics , devonian , discontinuity (linguistics) , paleontology , group (periodic table) , tension (geology) , oceanography , compression (physics) , mathematical analysis , chemistry , materials science , mathematics , organic chemistry , composite material , horticulture , biology
A variety of types of pre-Devonian tension structures observed in the late Precambrian Eleonore Bay Group, Tillite Group and Cambrian strata of Canning Land and Wegener Halvø are described and their mutual relationships discussed. They represent the main Caledonian deformation within the region, and seem to have formed during the westward tectonic transport of gliding units on discontinuity surfaces which lie mostly parallel to bedding.