Ungava Fault Zone

The Ungava Fault Zone, also called the Ungava Transform Fault Zone and the Ungava Fault Complex, is a major strike-slip fault system in Davis Strait between Baffin Island and Greenland.[1] Its faults are oriented northeast–southwest and were tectonically active in the Paleogene, during which time the fault zone formed a boundary between the Greenland and North American plates.[1][2] The Ungava Fault Zone connects the Baffin Basin in the north with the Labrador Basin in the south.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Geology: Geological information base growing on North Atlantic rift basins". Endeavor Business Media. 2001. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  2. ^ a b Suckro, Sonja K.; Gohl, Karsten; Funck, Thomas; Heyde, Ingo; Schreckenberger, Bernd; Gerlings, Joanna; Damm, Volkmar (2013). "The Davis Strait crust—a transform margin between two oceanic basins". Geophysical Journal International. 193. Oxford University Press: 78–97. ISSN 0956-540X.
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