Precambrian and Caledonian history of Svalbard’s West Ny Friesland Terrane

• Main Author: Hellman, Fredrik
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Geology, Lund University 2000
• Subjects: Geology; Geologi; physical geography; Detrital; Zircon; Svalbard; Caledonides; Spitsbergen; fysisk geografi; Petrology; mineralogy; geochemistry; Petrologi; mineralogi; geokemi; Arctic; Nordaustlandet; Ny Friesland
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/41090

This thesis deals mainly with age-investigations of metasedimentary and magmatic rocks of Ny Friesland, located in the northeastern Svalbard. However, the provenance of quartz-porphyry clasts in a Devonian conglomerate have also been investigated in northwestern Svalbard. This information is importa...