Abstract
Members are formally described within the Wandel Valley Formation (Early - Middle Ordovician) of the Ryder Gletscher Group in central and eastem North Greenland. In Peary Land the names Pyramideplateau Member (the combined lower and middle informal members of previous usage) and Vestervig Elv Member (the upper member) are proposed. In Kronprins Christian Land, the Alexandrine Bjerge Member (new) overlies the previously named Danmarks Fjord and Amdrup Members. Conodont studies, supported by the macrofauna, indicate that the Pyramideplateau, Danmarks Fjord and Amdrup Members are of late Canadian (Early Ordovician) age. The Canadian-Whiterockian boundary lies within the lowermost part of the Vestervig Elv and Alexandrine Bjerge Members. The top of the former is of earliest Late Whiterockian age while the Alexandrine Bjerge Member only extends into the late Middle Whiterockian. The members of the Wandel Valley Formation are correlated with coeval successions in western North Greenland, East Greenland, the Canadian Arctic Islands and Svalbard.
Highlights
Members are formally described within the Wandel Valley Formation (Early - Middle Ordovician) of the Ryder Gletscher Group in central and eastem North Greenland
Troelsen suggested a Cambrian age for the Brønlund Fjord Dolomite, an Early Ordovician age for the Wandel Valley Limestone and a Middle to Late Ordovician age for the Børglum River Limestone
Its reinstatement introduces uncertainty into arguments presented by Peel et al (1981) and Smith & Peel (1986) for considering the Danmarks Fjord Dolomite to be the basal member of the Wandel Valley Formation in Kronprins Christian Land since the type locality at Sæfaxi Elv has not been examined in the course of the present study
Summary
Members are formally described within the Wandel Valley Formation (Early - Middle Ordovician) of the Ryder Gletscher Group in central and eastem North Greenland. The \Vandel Valley Formation is divided into two members in its type area, namely the Pyramideplateau Mcmbcr and the overlying Vestervig Elv Membcr
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