Evolution of the Arctic Islands

During the Caledonian mountain-building event, around 420 million years ago, the early sedimentary rocks were folded deep in the crust, where they can bend more easily. Here a downfold called a syncline is exposed along the 1200 m high flanks of Antarctic Sund in East Greenland, as icebergs wallow in the fjord waters beneath.

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