Mineralogical, Rock-Magnetic and Palaeomagnetic Properties of Metadolerites from Central Western Svalbard

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Mariusz Burzyński, Krzysztof Michalski, Geoffrey Manby, Krzysztof Nejbert
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: magnetic mineralogy; rock-magnetic experiments; palaeomagnetism; Arctic; Western Spitsbergen; Svalbard; Oscar II; Oscar II Land; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min8070279

A combination of mineralogical, rock-magnetic and palaeomagnetic methods were employed in an attempt to shed a new light on the tectonism and paleogeography of Central Western Svalbard. The focus is on six metadolerite sites from the metamorphic Proterozoic–Lower Palaeozoic complex of south-western...