Composition and provenance of the Lilljeborgfjellet Conglomerate Haakon VII Land, Spitsbergen

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Gjelsvik, Tore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1991
• Subjects: Svalbard; Hornsund; Nordaustlandet; Haakon VII Land; Lilljeborgfjellet; Siktefjellet; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2358; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v9i2.6787

The Siktefjellet Group of late Silurian or early Devonian age, consisting of the Lilljeborgfjellet Conglomerate and the overlying Siktefjellet Sandstone, is generally accepted as the oldest part of the Old Red Sandstone in Spitsbergen. Most of the clasts of the conglomerate are only slightly rounded...