The Klippfist Formation—a new lithostratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous platform carbonates on the Western Barents Shelf

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Smelror, Morten, Mørk, Atle, Monteil, Eric, Rutledge, David, Leereveld, Han
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1998
• Subjects: Kong Karls Land; Agardhfjellet; Hekkingen; Tordenskjoldberget; Kongsøya; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2274; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v17i2.6618

A new Lower Cretceous lithostratigraphic unit of the Western Barents Shelf, named the Klippfist Formation, is formally introduced. The formation represents a condensed carbonate succession deposited on platform areas and structural highs, where it consists of limestones and marls, often glauconitic....