Multi-elemental chemostratigraphy of Triassic mudstones in eastern Svalbard: implications for source rock formation in front of the World’s largest delta plain

• Published in: The Depositional Record
• Main Authors: Wesenlund, Fredrik, Grundvåg, Sten-Andreas, Engelschiøn, Victoria Sjøholt, Thieβen, Olaf, Pedersen, Jon Halvard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Blanknuten; Muen; Svalbard; Tschermakfjellet; Vendomdalen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25120; https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.182

The Triassic Boreal Ocean was a shallow epicontinental basin and the sink of the World's largest delta plain known to date. Nutrient and freshwater supply from this delta have been regarded as important causes for high productivity and water mass stratification, forming Middle Triassic oil-pron...