Glacial retreat sedimentation in the Smalfjord Formation, Late Precambrian, North Norway

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Author: EDWARDS, M. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1975
• Subjects: Norway; Moraine Ridge; Smalfjord; Kvalnes; Finnmark; glacier; North Norway; Varangerfjord; Varangerfjord*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1975.tb00284.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.1975.tb00284.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1975.tb00284.x

ABSTRACT Tillites, conglomerates and sandstones occurring in the basal part of the Smalfjord Formation along the Varangerfjord, East Finnmark, North Norway are believed to have formed during the retreat of a glacier. At Kvalnes, on the south side of the fjord, the following sequence, up to 20 m thic...