Brachiopod zonation and age of the Permian Kapp Starostin Formation (central Spitsbergen)

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Nakamura, Koji, Kimura, Gaku, Winsnes, Thore S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1987
• Subjects: Greenland; Kapp Starostin; Hovtinden; Sveltihel; East Greenland; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2449; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v5i2.6877

This study has defined five brachiopod assemblage zones within the Permian Kapp Starostin Formation of Festningen, central West Spitsbergen. They are designated as the Horridonia timanica zone, the Waagenoconcha sp. A (Gobbett 1964) zone, the Megousia weyprechti zone, the Plerospirifer alatus zone a...