Evidences for Neogene-Quaternary tectonics in Svalbard

• Main Authors: CIANFARRA, Paola, SALVINI, Francesco
• Other Authors: Cianfarra, Paola, Salvini, Francesco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: tectonic; Structural Geology; Svalbard; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Nordaustlandet; Atlantic Arctic; Atlantic-Arctic; North Atlantic; North Greenland; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11590/157776

Svalbard locates along the De Geer Transform Fault that separates the kinematics of North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean and are a continental rise along the North Atlantic portion of this transform. A fold and thrust belt of Paleogene age boards theWestern margin of the Spitsbergen with a NNW-SSE trend....