The timing of the Svalbardian Orogeny in Svalbard: a review

• Main Authors: Koehl, J.-B.P., Marshall, J.E.A., Lopes, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2022
• Subjects: Adriabukta; Arctic; Billefjorden; Gipsdalen; Mimerdalen; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/190514/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/190514/1/Koehl_etal%282022%29.pdf

In the Late Devonian to earliest Mississippian, Svalbard was affected by a short-lived episode of deformation named the Svalbardian Orogeny. This event resulted in intense folding and thrusting in Devonian sedimentary successions. Deformation stopped prior to the deposition of Carboniferous to Permi...