Open AccessNotes on the Lower Palaeozoic clastic sediments of Peary Land, North Greenland
Author(s) -
John M. Hurst,
Finn Surlyk
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v99.7673
Subject(s) - clastic rock , geology , outcrop , paleozoic , precambrian , fjord , sediment , paleontology , geochemistry , geomorphology , sedimentary rock
Clastic sediments of Precambrian(?) to Silurian age outcrop over large areas of Peary Land (fig. 35). Total sediment thickness approaches 3 to 4 km, of which Silurian clastics account for approximately half. The main outcrop of Silurian clastics is south of Frederick E. Hyde Fjord whilst pre-Silurian clastic sediments mainly outcrop to the north of the fjord (fig. 35).