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The stratigraphy of Wilhelmøya and Hellwaldfjellet, Svalbard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

David G. Smith
David G. Smith
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Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Summary

Stratigraphic sections measured at Wilhelmøya and Hellwaldfjellet in eastern Svalbard are described in their entirety in terms of formal lithostratigraphic units for the first time. They include rocks of mid-Triassic to late Jurassic age. The Uleneset Member is newly described and palynological evidence is used to show that it is largely Norian (late Triassic) in age.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 112 , Issue 5 , September 1975 , pp. 481 - 491
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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