Proto-basement in Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Harland, W. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1997
• Subjects: Svalbard; Kongsvegen; Duvefjorden; Richarddalen; Vestgötabreen; Eimfjellet; Brennevinsfjorden; Kapp Hansteen; Kistefjellet; Magnethøgda; Mefonntoppane; Sigfredbogen; Nordbukta; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1914; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v16i2.6631

Candidates for possible Precambrian proto-basement throughout Svalbard are considered and evaluated. The paper provides a tectono-stratigraphic framework for consideration of new data. Proto-basement, in the sense of basement in Proterozoic time, implies the occurrence of a Precambrian tectonic even...