Components of the natural environment

• Main Authors: Ziaja, Wiesław, Węgrzyn, Michał, Lisowska, Maja, Olech, Maria, Osyczka, Piotr
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2016
• Subjects: bedrock; climate; glaciation; landforms; waters; vegetation; Arctic; Sørkapp Land; permafrost
• Online Access: http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/19417; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26574-2_3

Western Sørkapp Land geological structure is very varied.Pre-Quaternary bedrock consists of three complexes: (1) the most extensive rocksfrom the Middle Proterozoic to the Silurian, folded in the Caledonian Orogeny:dolomites, phyllites, schists, quartzites, limestones, sandstones, breccias, and othe...