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The Old Red Sandstone of Eastern Ekmanfjorden, Vestspitsbergen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. L. Dineley
D. L. Dineley
Affiliation:
Geology Department, University of Bristol.
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Abstract

The Lower Old Red Sandstone deposits of Ekmanfjorden belong mainly to the Lykta Division, but pale sandstones with Giganthaspis representingthe Kapp Kjeldsen Division also occur in the core of what is probably a N.-S. striking anticline. The lower beds of the Lykta Division are soft, dull and silty and not very fossiliferous; above them are some 1,100 feet of sandstones and conglomeratic beds alternatingwith shales or marls. Locally abundant vertebrate remains include the guide fossil Doryaspis. Various sedimentary structures suggest rapid deposition on a broad shallow delta front.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 97 , Issue 1 , February 1960 , pp. 18 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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