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Four different types of cyclically interbedded shallow-marine limestone and nodular-mosaic sulphate have been recognised within the Upper Permian Karstryggen Formation in central East Greenland. They are composed of: 1) lime mudstone, algal laminated limestone, and nodular-mosaic sulphate; 2) algal laminated limestone and nodular-mosaic sulphate; 3) intraclast carbonate conglomerate and nodular-mosaic sulphate; and 4) oolitic grainstone and nodular-mosaic sulphate. Subaerial aeolian sediments do not occur within the Upper Permian cycles. Type 1 and 2 cycles were formed as the result of repeated subaerial exposure of lagoonal sediments. Type 3 and 4 cycles were formed as shallow, high-energy shoal sediments became exposed. These cycles result from rapid fluctuations of sea-level. The fluctuations were too rapid to allow facies progradation of any significance and the different cycles aggrade and are therefore very localized.
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Stemmerik, L. (1987). Cyclic carbonate and sulphate from the Upper Permian Karstryggen Formation, East Greenland. In: Peryt, T.M. (eds) The Zechstein Facies in Europe. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0011372
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