Nordkronen Formation

Nordkronen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Silurian
TypeFormation
Location
CountryGreenland
Type section
Named forNordkrone

The Nordkronen Formation is a formation of the Peary Land Group in Greenland. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.[1][2]

The formation was erected by Hurst & Surlyk in 1982 and comprises a sequence of chert pebble conglomerates, pebbly sandstones and sandstones. The main distribution is in Herluf Trolle Land and the hill tops of Nordkronen and Tordenskjold Fjeld in Peary Land. Two members of the formation, the Hendrik Ø and Castle Ø Members, have been traced almost continuously between Freuchen Land and northern Nyeboe Land.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland. p. 208
  2. ^ Geological map of Greenland
  3. ^ Larsen, P-H.; Escher, J. C. (1987-12-31). "Additions to the lithostratigraphy of the Peary Land Group (Silurian) in western and central North Greenland". Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse (133): 65–80. doi:10.34194/rapggu.v133.7976 – via Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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