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Spectacular fjord wall exposures in central North Greenland allow direct observation of the relationship between the evolution of a Cambrian shallow-water platform and the accumulation of a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic succession in the deeper waters of the adjacent outer shelf. This contribution illustrates the characteristic features of extensive carbonate slope apron deposits that accumulated during relative highstands of sea level. Such line-sourced deep-water systems are characteristic of carbonate settings and contrast with the point-sourced systems that dominate in deep-water siliciclastic settings.
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Ineson, J., Surlyk, F. (1995). Carbonate slope aprons in the Cambrian of North Greenland: geometry, stratal patterns and facies. In: Pickering, K.T., Hiscott, R.N., Kenyon, N.H., Ricci Lucchi, F., Smith, R.D.A. (eds) Atlas of Deep Water Environments. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1234-5_10
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