The Lomfjorden Fault Zone in eastern Spitsbergen (Svalbard)

• Main Authors: Piepjohn, Karsten, Dallmann, Winfried, Elvevold, Synnøve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Geological Society of America 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450; Agardhbukta; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Lomfjorden; Newtontoppen; Svalbard; Veteranen; North Greenland; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18070

The Lomfjorden Fault Zone in the eastern part of Spitsbergen is one of the prominent structures in Svalbard oriented parallel to the continental margin of the Barents Shelf. It consists of a network of three N–S-striking major faults (Veteranen, Lomfjorden, and Agardhbukta faults), two N–S-striking...