| Kap Stewart Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Rhaetian-Sinemurian | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Innakajik, Primulaelv & Rhætelv Formations |
| Underlies | Neill Klinter Group |
| Overlies | Scoresby Land Group[1] |
| Area | >12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi) |
| Thickness | 155–600 m (509–1,969 ft) |
| Location | |
| Region |  Greenland |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Kap Stewart |
The Kap Stewart Group is a geological group in eastern Greenland of Late Triassic (Rhaetian) to Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) age. It consists of a 155-600 m thick sequence of interbedded mudstones and fluvio-deltiac sandstones deposited in a "large wave and storm-dominated lake".[2][3]
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- ^ Surlyk, F.; Noe-Nygaard N.; Dam G. (1993). "High and low resolution sequence stratigraphy in lithological prediction–examples from the Mesozoic around the northern North Atlantic". In Parker J.R. & Bartholomew I.D. (ed.). Petroleum geology of Northwest Europe: proceedings of the 4th conference. London: Geological Society. pp. 199–214. ISBN 9780903317856. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
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