Hostname: page-component-745bb68f8f-l4dxg Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-01-23T21:00:36.979Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Mesozoic stratigraphy of Eastern Svalbard: a discussion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. B. Edwards ,
T. Bjærke ,
J. Nagy ,
T. S. Winsnes  and
D. Worsley
M. B. Edwards
Affiliation:
Continental Shelf Institute, Postboks 1883, 7001 Trondheim, Norway
T. Bjærke
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, Postboks 1047, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
J. Nagy
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, Postboks 1047, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
T. S. Winsnes
Affiliation:
Norwegian Polar Institute, Postboks 158, 1330 Oslo Lufthavn, Norway
D. Worsley
Affiliation:
Palaeontological Museum Tøyen, Oslo, Norway
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Summary

This paper proposes an alternative to the complex stratigraphical nomenclature introduced in recent descriptions of the stratigraphy of Eastern Svalbard. We believe that the platform nature of the Mesozoic succession in Svalbard enables recognition of individual stratigraphical units over very wide areas. Our principal conclusions are that the Wilhelmøya Formation can be recognized as the upper formation of the Kapp Toscana Group and occurs throughout Eastern Svalbard. It overlies the De Geerdalen Formation on Hopen and Wilhelmøya. The Janusfjellet and Helvetiafjellet Formations can be recognized on Kong Karls Land.

Type
Articles
Information
Geological Magazine , Volume 116 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 49 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Birkenmajer, K. 1975. Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sedimentary formations of SW Torell Land, Spitsbergen. Stud. Geol. Polon. 44, 7–42.Google Scholar
Bjærke, T. 1977. Mesozoic palynology on Svalbard II. Palynomorphs from the Mesozoic sequence of Kong Karls Land. Årb. norsk Polarinst. 1976.Google Scholar
Bjærke, T. & Dypvik, H. 1977. Sedimentological and palynological studies of Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic sediments in Sassenfjorden, Spitsbergen. Årb. norsk Polarinst. 1976.Google Scholar
Bjærke, T. & Manum, S. B. 1977. Mesozoic palynology of Svalbard 1. The Rhaetian of Hopen, with a preliminary report on the Rhaetian and Jurassic of Kong Karls Land. Skr. norsk Polarinst. 165, 1–48.Google Scholar
Buchan, S. H., Challinor, A., Harland, W. B. & Parker, J. R. 1965. The Triassic stratigraphy of Svalbard. Skr. norsk Polarinst. 135, 1–92.Google Scholar
Edwards, M. B. 1975. Gravel fraction on the Spitsbergen Bank, NW Barents Shelf. Norges geol. Unders. 316, 205–17.Google Scholar
Edwards, M. B. 1976. Growth faults in Upper Triassic deltaic sediments, Svalbard. Bull. Am. Ass. Petrol. Geol. 60, 341–55.Google Scholar
Flood, B., Nagy, J. & Winsnes, T. S. 1971. The Triassic succession of Barentsøya, Edgeoya, and Hopen (Svalbard). Medd. norsk Polarinst. 100, 1–20.Google Scholar
Harland, W. B. 1973. Mesozoic geology of Svalbard. Mem. Amer. Asso. Petrol. Geol. 19, 135–48.Google Scholar
Harland, W. B., Cutbill, J. L., Friend, P. F., Gobbett, D. J., Holliday, D. W., Maton, P. I., Parker, J. R. & Wallis, R. H. 1974. The Billefjorden fault zone, Spitsbergen. Skr. norsk Polarinst. 161, 1–72.Google Scholar
Livsic, J. J. 1974. Palaeogene deposits and the platform structure of Svalbard. Skr. norsk Polarinst. 159, 1–50.Google Scholar
Major, H. & Nagy, J. 1972. Geology of the Adventdalen map area. Skr. norsk Polarinst. 138, 1–58.Google Scholar
Parker, J. R. 1967. The Jurassic and Cretaceous sequence in Spitsbergen. Geol. Mag. 104, 487–505.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Smith, D. G. 1975. The stratigraphy of Wilhelmøya and Hellwaldfjellet, Svalbard. Geol. Mag. 112, 481–91.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Smith, D. G., Harland, W. B. & Hughes, N. F. 1975. Geology of Hopen, Svalbard. Geol. Mag. 112, 1–23.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Smith, D. G., Harland, W. B., Hughes, N. F. & Pickton, C. A. G. 1976. The geology of Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. Geol. Mag. 113, 193–232.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Worsley, D. 1973. The Wilhelmøya Formation – a new lithostratigraphical unit from the Mesozoic of eastern Svalbard. Årb. norsk Polarinst. 1971, 7–16.Google Scholar
Worsley, D. & Heintz, N. 1977. Vertebrate fossils of Rhaetian age, Kong Karls Land. Årb. norsk Polarinst. 1976.Google Scholar