Stratigraphy of the uppermost Old Red Sandstone of Svalbard (Mimerdalen Subgroup)

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Karsten Piepjohn, Winfried K. Dallmann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2014
• Subjects: Svalbard; geology; stratigraphy; Mimerdalen Subgroup; Devonian; Old Red; geo; Billefjorden; Dicksonfjorden; Mimerdalen; Ny Friesland; Red Bay; Wood Bay; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.19998; https://doaj.org/article/c1bda177456545b6821ee7181fc9bccc

Between the fjords Dicksonfjorden and Billefjorden in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard's youngest deposits (Early Givetian to Famennian in age) of the Old Red Sandstone—the Mimerdalen Subgroup—are exposed. They form a narrow outcrop area parallel to the Billefjorden Fault Zone and overlie unconfor...