Sylfjellet: a new outcrop of the Paleogene Van Mijenfjorden Group in Svalbard

• Published in: arktos
• Main Authors: Jochmann, Malte Michel, Augland, Lars Eivind, Lenz, Olaf, Bieg, Gerd, Haugen, Turid, Grundvåg, Sten-Andreas, Jelby, Mads E., Midtkandal, Ivar, Dolezych, Martina, Hjálmarsdóttir, Hanna Rósa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450; Adventdalen; Basilika; Grumantbyen; Helvetiafjellet; Svalbard; Van Mijenfjorden; Arctic; Grumantby*; Isfjord*; Isfjorden; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16848; https://doi.org/10.1007/s41063-019-00072-w

A hitherto unrecognized Paleogene outcrop has been discovered at Sylfjellet, a mountain located at the northern side of Isfjorden, Svalbard. The strata, which cover an area of 0.8 km2, have until now been assigned to the Lower Cretaceous succession of the Adventdalen Group. In this study, the Sylfje...