Solution‐collapse breccias of the Minkinfjellet and Wordiekammen Formations, Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard: a large gypsum palaeokarst system

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: ELIASSEN, ARILD, TALBOT, MICHAEL R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2005
• Subjects: Billefjorden; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00731.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.2005.00731.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00731.x

Abstract Large volumes of carbonate breccia occur in the late syn‐rift and early post‐rift deposits of the Billefjorden Trough, Central Spitsbergen. Breccias are developed throughout the Moscovian Minkinfjellet Formation and in basal parts of the Kazimovian Wordiekammen Formation. Breccias can be di...