Devonian–Carboniferous slivers within the basement area of north-east Oscar II Land, Spitsbergen

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Ohta, Yoshihide, Lepvrier, Claude, Thiedig, Friedhelm
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2000
• Subjects: Oscar II; Oscar II Land; Brøggerhalvøya; Moefjellet; North Atlantic; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2203; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v19i2.6547

Formed during an early compressional period in the opening of North Atlantic Ocean, a Tertiary fold-thrust belt extends along the mid-to- southern part of the western coast of Spitsbergen. Complex thrust structures involve the basement (Caledonian and older) and many shallow dipping thrust faults di...