Abstract
The Jurassic basin of East Greenland was formed by rifting from south to north in a series of steps and was filled longitudinally from the north mainly by marine sediments. It may serve as a model for Jurassic graben formation and sedimentation in the areas surrounding the northern North Atlantic Ocean.
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Surlyk, F. Jurassic basin evolution of East Greenland. Nature 274, 130–133 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/274130a0
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