Karst and karstification in gypsiferous beds in Mathiesondalen, Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Recent karst forms in gypsiferous beds are reported from Mathiesondalen in Central Spitsbergen, where several sinkholes (dolines) and swallow holes have been formed after the deposition of Holocene raised beach sediments. The bedrock of the area is mostly interbedded gypsudanhydrite and dolomites of...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Salvigsen, Otto, Lauritzen, Ørnulf, Mangerud, Jan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2010
Subjects:
Svalbard
Raised Beach
Ebbadalen
Mathiesondalen
Polar Research
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2547
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v1i1.6972
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Summary:Recent karst forms in gypsiferous beds are reported from Mathiesondalen in Central Spitsbergen, where several sinkholes (dolines) and swallow holes have been formed after the deposition of Holocene raised beach sediments. The bedrock of the area is mostly interbedded gypsudanhydrite and dolomites of the Carboniferous Ebbadalen Formation.

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