From widespread Mississippian to localized Pennsylvanian extension in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

• Published in: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Koehl, Jean-Baptiste P., Muñoz-Barrera, Jhon M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Billefjorden; Odellfjellet; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1535-2018; https://se.copernicus.org/articles/9/1535/2018/

In the Devonian–Carboniferous, a rapid succession of clustered extensional and contractional tectonic events is thought to have affected sedimentary rocks in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. These events include Caledonian post-orogenic extensional collapse associated with the formation of thick Early...