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The Carboniferous Breccias of Billefjorden, Vestspitsbergen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. R. H. McWhae
J. R. H. McWhae
Affiliation:
Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge.
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Abstract

From an analysis of data concerning five breccias in the Billefjorden area, Central Vestspitsbergen, and from a consideration of explanations previously advanced of other breccias, it is concluded that the main breccias are due to collapse following solution within the underlying beds.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 90 , Issue 4 , August 1953 , pp. 287 - 298
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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