Reactivation history of the long-lived Billefjorden Fault Zone in north central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Authors: McCann, Andrew J., Dallmann, Winfried K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1996
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Austfjorden; Billefjorden; Svalbard; Austfjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800007251; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800007251

Abstract New geological mapping has revealed further details of the tectonic and stratigraphic effects of Devonian and later reactivations of the Billefjorden Fault Zone, one of a number of important north—south trending lineaments in Svalbard. Analysis of offsets along the many steeply-dipping faul...