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The Jurassic and Cretaceous Sequence in Spitsbergen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. R. Parker
J. R. Parker
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C/o Petroleum Development (Oman), Ltd., P.O. Box 81, Muscat, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, Arabian Gulf.
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Abstract

The Jurassic and Cretaceous sequence of Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago, is described and a revised lithostratigraphical scheme, of four formations, is proposed. The main episode of tectonic activity, together with dolerite intrusion, was in late Jurassic-early Cretaceous times and is represented by a non-sequence and local unconformity between the two lower formations. The faunal succession is also discussed.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 104 , Issue 5 , October 1967 , pp. 487 - 505
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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