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Fleming Fjord Formation

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Type
  
Geological formation

Overlies
  
Gipsdalen Formation

Region
  
East Greenland

Area
  
3,000 km²

Underlies
  
Kap Stewart Group

Thickness
  
200–300 m

Named for
  
Fleming Fjord

Unit of
  
Scoresby Land Group

Fleming Fjord Formation

The Fleming Fjord Formation is an Upper Triassic geological formation in the northeastern coast of Jameson Land, Greenland.

It is of Norian to Rhaetian age and is subdivided into three members; at the base the Edderfugledal Member, followed by the Malmros Klint Member with the Ørsted Dal Member at the top. It was deposited in a large shallow to ephemeral lake.

References

Fleming Fjord Formation Wikipedia