The type section of the Vikinghøgda Formation: a new Lower Triassic unit in central and eastern Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Mørk, Atle, Elvebakk, Geir, Forsberg, Arne W., Hounslow, Mark W., Nakrem, Hans Arne, Os Vigran, Jorunn, Weitschat, Wolfgang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1999
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Edgeøya; Buchan; Barentsøya; Kapp Starostin; Vikinghøgda; Botneheia; Lusitaniadalen; Vendomdalen; Deltadalen; Sticky Keep; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2214; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v18i1.6558

The Vikinghøgda Formation (250 m) is defined with a stratotype in Deltadalen-Vikinghøgda in central Spitsbergen. The Vikinghøgda Formation replaces the Vardebukta and Sticky Keep Formations of Buchan et al. (1965) and the lower part of the Barentsøya Formation of Lock et al. (1978) as extended geogr...