The timing of the Svalbardian Orogeny in Svalbard: A review

• Published in: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Koehl, Jean-Baptiste P., Marshall, John E. A., Lopes, Gilda Maria Rodrigues
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Adriabukta; Arctic; Billefjorden; Gipsdalen; Mimerdalen; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/100923; https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1353-2022

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...