Glaciogenic rocks of the Neoproterozoic Smalfjord and Mortensnes formations, Vestertana Group, E. Finnmark, Norway

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Memoirs
• Main Authors: Rice, Alexander Hugh N., Edwards, Marc B., Hansen, Tor A., Arnaud, Emmanuelle, Halverson, Galen Pippa
• Other Authors: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Mortensnes; Norway; Smalfjord; Tanafjorden; Vestertana; Finnmark; North Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/74256; https://doi.org/10.1144/M36.57

The Vestertana Group in East Finnmark, North Norway, contains two Neoproterozoic glaciogenic sequences, the Smalfjord and Mortensnes formations, preserved on the northern edge of Baltica. The former comprises up to 420 m of aeolian, fluvioglacial and glaciomarine sediments and terrestrial diamictite...