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Basalts of Hassel Formation east of Turnabout Glacier (northern Ellesmere Island)

Basalts of Hassel Formation east of Turnabout Glacier (northern Ellesmere Island) - eroded relics of large basaltic sheets of Cretaceous age. Mountain chain in the background: Paleozoic rocks thrusted over Mesozoic rocks.Basalts of Hassel Formation east of Turnabout Glacier (northern Ellesmere Island) - eroded relics of large basaltic sheets of Cretaceous age. Mountain chain in the background: Paleozoic rocks thrusted over Mesozoic rocks. Source: BGR

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