Pb-Pb single-zircon single grain ages of granitoid boulders from the Vendian tillite of Wahlenbergfjorden, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Larionov, Alexander N., Tebenkov, Alexander M., Gee, David G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1998
• Subjects: Svalbard; Nordaustlandet; Austfonna; Ny Friesland; Murchisonfjorden; Wahlenbergfjorden; Aldousbreen; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2264; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v17i1.6608

There are three areas in eastern Svalbard where Vendian tillites are exposed: eastern Ny Friesland, western Nordaustlandet (north and south of Murchisonfjorden) and further east in inner Wahlenbergfjorden, near Aldousbreen. Clasts within the massive unmetamorphosed clay-mica-carbonate matrix of the...