Glacial and rocky-shore dynamics of the Karlebotn monadnocks: late Neoproterozoic of northern Norway

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Levine, Rebekah, Baarli, B Gudveig, Johnson, Markes E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2006
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Norway; Sandy Beach; Varangerfjorden; Smalfjord; Karlebotn; Finnmark; glacier; Northern Norway; Varangerfjord*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e06-058; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e06-058

Located near the village of Karlebotn in East Finnmark, Norway, a cluster of six gneissic monadnocks is unconformably surrounded by weakly metamorphosed sandstone strata of late Neoproterozoic age in the Smalfjord Formation. Differentiated by faults, the monadnocks were further sculpted by a glacier...