Early Cenozoic Eurekan strain partitioning and decoupling in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

• Main Author: Koehl, Jean-Baptiste P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Andrée; Balliolbreen; Billefjorden; Gipsdalen; Hoek; Mimerdalen; Reindalspasset; Svalbard; Wood Bay; Wordiekammen; Andrée-Land; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2020-165; https://se.copernicus.org/preprints/se-2020-165/

The present study of field, petrological, exploration well and seismic data shows that backward-dipping duplexes comprised of phyllitic coal and bedding-parallel décollements and thrusts, which localized along lithological transitions in tectonically thickened Lower–lowermost Upper Devonian, uppermo...