Sedimentology and petrography of the Svenskøya Formation on Hopen, Svalbard: an analogue to sandstone reservoirs in the Realgrunnen Subgroup

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Gareth S. Lord, Mai Britt E. Mørk, Atle Mørk, Snorre Olaussen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Triassic; Jurassic; exploration; Wilhelmøya Subgroup; petrography; geo; envir; Hopen; Kong Karls Land; Sentralbanken; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Tubåen; Wilhelmøya; Polar Research; Svenskøya
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3523; https://doaj.org/article/e84376f43f6f47a5b3a574d56b3841f4

On the island of Hopen, in the Svalbard Archipelago, the Svenskøya Formation is a succession 35 m in thickness, consisting primarily of sandstone beds and forming the youngest strata exposed on the island. We present a sedimentological and petrographic study of the formation and compare the unit wit...