The structure of the Berzeliustinden area: evidence for thrust wedge tectonics in the Tertiary fold-and-thrust belt of Spitsbergen

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Dallmann, Winfried K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1988
• Subjects: Berzeliustinden; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2428; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v6i2.6856

The Berzeliustinden area forms part of the Tertiary fold-and-thrust belt of western Spitsbergen. The relations of a basement-involved thrust fault, decollement structures, and a fault repeating part of the stratigraphy are investigated. The deforming mechanism is thought to be‘wedging’of a basement-...