Karst and karstification in gypsiferous beds in Mathiesondalen, Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Recent karst forms in gypsiferous beds are reported from Mathiesondalen in Central Spitsbergen, where several sinkholes (dolines) and swallow holes have been formed after the deposition of Holocene raised beach sediments. The bedrock of the area is mostly interbedded gypsudanhydrite and dolomites of...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Salvigsen, Otto, Elgersma, Anne
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 1983
Subjects:
Karst
Karstification
Gypsiferous Beds
Svalbard
Raised Beach
Ebbadalen
Mathiesondalen
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/2941
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v1i1.6972
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Summary:Recent karst forms in gypsiferous beds are reported from Mathiesondalen in Central Spitsbergen, where several sinkholes (dolines) and swallow holes have been formed after the deposition of Holocene raised beach sediments. The bedrock of the area is mostly interbedded gypsudanhydrite and dolomites of the Carboniferous Ebbadalen Formation.

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