Two major unconformities beneath the Neoproterozoic Murchisonfjorden Supergroup in the Caledonides of central Nordaustlandet, Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Gee, David G., Teben'kov, Alexander M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1996
• Subjects: Svalbard; Barents Sea; Nordaustlandet; Ny Friesland; Murchisonfjorden; Wahlenbergfjorden; Helvetesflya; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1921; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v15i1.6638

Two unconformities have been found in central Nordaustlandet. New mapping has located a major unconformity at the base of the Neoproterozoic Murchisonfjorden Supergroup, with quartzites and basal conglomerates of the Djevleflota Formation unconformably overlying dark phyllites of the Helvetesflya Fo...