Distributed, right-lateral strike-slip in Prins Karls Forland, western Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Morris, Alan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1989
• Subjects: Svalbard; Prins Karls Forland; Scotiadalen; North Atlantic; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2403; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v7i1.6832

The 'Scotiadalen Fault’appears on many maps but has not been identified as a single fault in the field. In addition, the sense of motion on the fault has been an open question. Here I show that this structure is a zone of distributed dextral strike-slip that is probably the result of Tertiary p...