East Greenland Rift System

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The East Greenland Rift System is a major geological rift zone along Greenland’s eastern margin that records the stretching and breakup of the crust during the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological rift system ⓘ
associatedWith North Atlantic Igneous Province ⓘ
volcanic margin of East Greenland ⓘ
boundedBy Greenland craton to the west ⓘ
proto–North Atlantic Ocean to the east ⓘ
breakupTime Paleogene ⓘ
contains Jameson Land Basin ⓘ
Kangerlussuaq Basin (East Greenland) ⓘ
Traill Ø region basins ⓘ
country Greenland ⓘ
evolutionLinkedTo Iceland plume activity ⓘ
North Atlantic breakup volcanism ⓘ
extendsFrom Northeast Greenland ⓘ
linked to: East Greenland
extendsTo Southeast Greenland ⓘ
linked to: East Greenland
geologicalPeriod Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
hasEvidenceFrom field mapping of onshore rift basins ⓘ
seismic reflection data ⓘ
stratigraphic studies of East Greenland margin ⓘ
hasFeature half‑grabens ⓘ
normal faults ⓘ
syn‑rift sedimentary basins ⓘ
tilted fault blocks ⓘ
hasStratigraphy thick Mesozoic–Cenozoic sedimentary successions ⓘ
linkedWith Hatton–Rockall Basin ⓘ
linked to: Rockall Trough

Jan Mayen microcontinent ⓘ
Vøring Basin ⓘ
locatedIn eastern margin of Greenland ⓘ
locatedOn East Greenland continental margin ⓘ
mainRiftingPhase Cretaceous ⓘ
Late Jurassic ⓘ
marginType volcanic passive margin ⓘ
orientation roughly north–south ⓘ
overlies Precambrian basement rocks ⓘ
partOf North Atlantic rift system ⓘ
records breakup of continental crust ⓘ
stretching of continental crust ⓘ
relatedTo opening of the North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
researchField petroleum geology ⓘ
rift basin evolution ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
riftStyle extensional tectonics ⓘ
separates Greenland plate from Eurasian plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting passive continental margin ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greenland Caledonides → boundedBy → East Greenland Rift System ⓘ
East Greenland Rift System → locatedOn → East Greenland continental margin ⓘ
linked to: East Greenland Rift System
East Greenland Rift System → partOf → North Atlantic rift system ⓘ
linked to: East Greenland Rift System
Viking Graben → partOf → North Atlantic rift system ⓘ
linked to: East Greenland Rift System