Northern continuation of Caledonian high-pressure metamorphic rocks in central-western Spitsbergen

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Ohta, Y., Krasil'šikov, A. A., Lepvrier, C., Teben'kov, A. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1995
• Subjects: Forlandsundet; Motalafjella; Sarsøyra; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1954; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v14i3.6670

Caledonian low-temperature, high-pressure metamorphic rocks, as first recognised at Motalafjella, central western Spitsbergen, include characteristic brown dolostone and serpentinite. Similar rocks are scattered in the strandflats, along the eastern marginal fault of the Tertiary Forlandsundet Grabe...