Iron ooid beds of the Carolinefjellet Formation, Spitsbergen, Norway

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Mutrux, Jeremy, Maher, Harmon, Shuster, Robert, Hays, Troy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: Norway; Helvetiafjellet; Carolinefjellet; Dalkjegla; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2862; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v27i1.6152

Iron ooid beds are unusual deposits that have been linked to greenhouse conditions and the transgressive flooding of shallow shelves, and which were globally prevalent during certain periods. Within the marine, Aptian–Albian, Carolinefjellet Formation of Spitsbergen, chamosite ooids have been found...