Sedimentology of the Lower Cretaceous at Kikutodden and Keilhaufjellet, southern Spitsbergen: implications for an onshore–offshore link

• Main Authors: Grundvåg, Sten-Andreas, Olaussen, Snorre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2017
• Subjects: BI: bioturbation index; FA: facies associations; HALIP: High Arctic Large Igneous Province; HCS: hummocky cross-stratification; PS: parasequence; SU: subaerial unconformity; Arctic; Helvetiafjellet; Rurikfjellet; Carolinefjellet; Glitrefjellet; Keilhaufjellet; Kikutodden; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2647

Detailed sedimentological investigations of the Lower Cretaceous succession of southernmost Spitsbergen indicate deposition during a long-term fall and rise in relative sea level. The Rurikfjellet Formation shows an overall regressive development and consists of offshore deposits grading upwards int...