Geochemistry of Precambrian basic igneous rocks between St. Jonsfjorden and Isfjorden, central western Spitsbergen, Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Ohta, Yoshihide
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1985
• Subjects: Hoek; Svalbard; Isfjord*; Isfjorden; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2512; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v3i1.6939

Two types of basic igneous rocks have been mapped in the middle Hecla Hoek succession in the area between St. Jonsfjorden and Isfjorden, central western Spitsbergen: the metadiabase-gabbros from the calc-argillo-volcanic formation and the Trollheimen volcanics from the quartzite-shale formation; bot...