Some issues related to the Svalbardian tectonic event (Ellesmerian Orogeny) in Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Dallmann, Winfried Kurt, Piepjohn, Karsten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2024
• Subjects: Geology of Svalbard; Devonian; angular unconformity; convergent deformation; palynomorph ages; Adriabukta Formation; Adriabukta; Svalbard; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/10291; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v43.10291

Svalbard has long been thought to represent the easternmost realm of the Ellesmerian Orogeny in the late Devonian or early Mississippian (Svalbardian tectonic event). Several authors do not agree and present alternative interpretations of the observed structures in older and more recent articles. Th...