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Post-glacial Mass Flow and Associated Deposits Preserved in Palaeovalleys The Late Precambrian Morænesø Formation, North Greenland

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By: John D Collinson(Author), Richard E Bevins(Author), Lars B Clemmensen(Author)
26 pages, illustrations
Post-glacial Mass Flow and Associated Deposits Preserved in Palaeovalleys
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  • Post-glacial Mass Flow and Associated Deposits Preserved in Palaeovalleys ISBN: 9788763511940 Paperback Jan 1989 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks
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The Morrenesø Formation is of Late Proterozoic age and is preserved as the fills of a series of palaeovalleys. The formation is made up of conglomerates and sandstones of fluvial and aeolian origin and of a series of breccias which resulted almost entirely from gravitational nlass movement down the sides of the palaeovalleys. At the most extensive exposure, examples of local rock-fall, rock-slide and matrix-poor breccia flows are observed close to the valley side. Their movement was probably favoured by freeze-thaw mechanisms. More widespread diamictites overlie valley-floor sands and were deposited under water-saturated conditions as a series of mass flows apparently from the sides of the palaeovalleys. The diamictites contain far-travelled clasts, some of which show striated surfaces suggesting a phase of glacial transport prior to final emplacement. Only at one locality does diamictite directly overlie the basal unconformity and suggest possible in situ till. The diamictite sheets are overlain by a widespread but thin dolomite unit which shows spectacular stromatolitic donles. At other localities in the area, valley fills show evidence of floating lake ice with dropstone pebbles occurring in thin bedded sandstones and mudstones.

The palaeovalleys are thought to have been eroded by valley glaciers which, on retreat, left substantial volumes of till on the valley sides and possibly in tributary valleys. Any moraine deposited on the valley floor was eroded by fluvial activity prior to a phase of alluvial and aeolian aggradation which coincided with local mass movement in cold conditions. Catastrophic rainfall, probably related to a generally wetter palaeoclimate, remobilised lateral moraines and other deposits and emplaced them on the valley floor. Deep weathering of dolerites at the unconfornlity suggests an ameliorated climate and a substantial time gap prior to these mass flows. A body of shallow water, established on the valley floor soon after these events, led to deposition of stromatolitic dolomite.

The Morrenesø Formation represents remarkable preservation of a complex series of local glacial and post-glacial deposits in an upland setting compared with the more widespread lowland or marine tillites of Late Proterozoic age in other areas.

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Monograph
By: John D Collinson(Author), Richard E Bevins(Author), Lars B Clemmensen(Author)
26 pages, illustrations
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