Palaeomagnetism of metacarbonates and fracture fills of Kongsfjorden islands (western Spitsbergen): Towards a better understanding of late- to post-Caledonian tectonic rotations

• Main Author: Krzysztof Michalski
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2018
• Subjects: arctic; svalbard; metamorphic caledonian basement; eurekan deformations; west spitsbergen thrust and fold belt; palaeomagnetism; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Blomstrandhalvøya; Lovénøyane; Svalbard; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; North Atlantic; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24425/118738; https://doaj.org/article/0c9b1dcb99d8402abadde0343f583746

A total number of 156 palaeomagnetic specimens of metacarbonates from 9 sites in Blomstrandhalvøya and Lovénøyane (Kongsfjorden, western Spitsbergen) and an additional 77 specimens of unmetamorphosed sediments infilling fractures (4 sites) within the Caledonian metamorphic basement of Blomstrandhalv...