The timing of the Ellesmerian Orogeny in Svalbard: A review

• Main Authors: Koehl, Jean-Baptiste P., Marshall, John E. A., Lopes, Gilda
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Billefjorden; Gipsdalen; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2022-14; https://se.copernicus.org/preprints/se-2022-14/

In the Late Devonian–earliest Mississippian, Svalbard was affected by a short-lived episode of deformation named the Ellesmerian (Svalbardian) Orogeny. This event resulted in intense folding and thrusting in Devonian sedimentary successions. Deformation stopped prior to the deposition of Carbonifero...