Caves and speleogenesis at Blomstrandsøya, Kongsfjord, W. Spitsbergen

• Published in: International Journal of Speleology
• Main Author: Lauritzen, Stein-Erik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2006
• Subjects: karst; speleogenesis; arctic; permafrost; Quaternary; subglacial; Earth Sciences; Geology; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Arctic; Kongsfjord; Ice; Kongsfjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol35/iss1/5; https://doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.35.1.5; https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/context/ijs/article/1202/viewcontent/63.536.35_Lauritzen.pdf

Blomstrandsøya, at Kongsfjord (78° 57’N), Spitsbergen, is within the high arctic, a completely permafrozen zone. The bedrock consists of Paleozoic marbles and has yielded a surprising amount of karst features. Early phases of hydrothermal, possibly Caledonian, speleogenesis and subsequent Devonian k...