Structure of Palaeogene sediments in east Ellesmere Island: Constraints on Eurekan tectonic evolution and implications for the Nares Strait problem

Tectonophysics

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 81-113

  Saalmann, K ^a   Tessensohn, F ^b   Piepjohn, K ^b   von Gosen, W ^c   Mayr, U ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cenozoic; Eurekan Fold Belt; Nares Strait; Palaeogene; Palaeogene sedimentary basins; Strike slip tectonics

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; KINEMATICS; PALEOGENE; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23844515101     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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