Geology of the Båtsfjordfjellet drillcore, Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, northern Norway

• Main Authors: Siedlecka, Anna, Roberts, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: KJERNEPRØVE; BORHULLSLOGGING; BERGGRUNNSGEOLOGI; Norway; Kongsfjord; Sandfjorden; Båtsfjordfjellet; Båtsfjord; Finnmark; Kongsfjord*; Northern Norway; Varanger
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2674164

Logging of >800 metres of drillcore from a borehole on Båtsfjordfjellet, Varanger Peninsula, revealed a succession of very low-grade, metasedimentary rocks which are assigned to specific Neoproterozoic formations recognisable from regional mapping. The lowest 320 metres of the core consist largel...