Depositional Environment, Processes and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Paralic Helvetiafjellet Formation in Ullaberget, Southern Spitsbergen

• Main Author: Ahokas, Juha Matti
• Other Authors: Johan Petter Nystuen
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: sedimentology petroleum geologi tidevannsavsetninger Svalbard stratigrafi kritt sekvensstratigrafi; VDP::450; Burrows; Carolinefjellet; Helvetiafjellet; Janusfjellet; Rurikfjellet; Svalbard; Ullaberget; Van Keulenfjorden; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/12356; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-10200

The Early Cretaceous, Barremian – Aptian Helvetiafjellet Formation is a well exposed paralic succession deposited at ramp-type shelf of the Borealic sea in the Svalbard region. The Ullaberget section in the Van Keulenfjorden area is an important reference section for the formation, due to excellent...