Call number:
AWI P9-01-0168
In:
Geological Society memoir ; 17, 17
Description / Table of Contents:
The Svalbard archipelago and its principal island, Spitsbergen, respectively about the size of Scotland and Switzerland, have a wealth in variety and complexity in stratigraphy and structure no less than those classic areas. Moreover, with an international history and present treaty status many nations have participated in research, and the geological literature currently comprising far more than 3000 publications is widely scattered and rapidly increasing. There are indeed excellent published geological outlines, but no comprehensive work. This work presents the detailed geology of Svalbard. It arises from about 50 years of research in many aspects of Svalbard geology by the author with many colleagues and collaborators. It is arranged systematically as a definitive study reflecting the present conjuncture of research. It thus meets the needs of specialists with convenient information on related fields or of any geoscientist surveying some aspect of global geology for an indication of what is known about this key region. This work is planned as an integrated synthesis. Part 1 is introductory, setting the stage. Chapter 3 in particular outlines the main geological features and the principal geological conventions used throughout. Part 2 divides Svalbard into eight regions / sectors and each chapter describes these with minimal interpretation. The rock successions are listed from the top down as observed, and the structures are outlined and to some extent illustrated. Part 3, in forward time sequence, interprets historical events and environments. Part 4 comprises a summary of the economic aspects of Svalbard geology and three alphabetical lists as reference aids namely place names, stratigraphic names and general index. There is also an extensive reference list, which will be a significant bibliographic resource for researchers of Svalbard geology.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XVIII, 521 S.
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Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
1897799934
Series Statement:
Geological Society memoir 17
Note:
Contents: List of figures. - List of tables. - List of photographs. - Preface. - Acknowledgements. - Participants. - Conventions. - PART 1 INTRODUCTION. - 1 SVALBARD. - 1.1 Geographical names. - 1.2 Topography and bathymetry. - 1.3 The physical environment. - 1.4 The biota. - 1.5 Political history. - 1.6 The Spitsbergen Treaty. - 1.7 Settlements. - 1.8 Official publications. - 2 OUTLINE HISTORY OF GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH. - 2.1 Early exploration. - 2.2 1858 to 1920. - 2.3 1920 to 1945. - 2.4 1946 to 1960. - 2.5 1960 to 1975. - 2.6 1975 onwards. - 3 SVALBARD'S GEOLOGICAL FRAME. - 3.1 The space frame: Svalbard's structural frame. - 3.2 The time frame. - 3.3 The rock frame. - 3.4 Tectonostratigraphic sequences. - 3.5 Geotectonic interpretations. - PART 2 REGIONAL DESCRIPTIONS. - 4 THE CENTRAL BASIN. - 4.1 Geological frame. - 4.2 Van Mijenfjorden Group (Paleogene). - 4.3 Adventdalen Group (Cretaceous-Jurassic) / (by S. R. A. Kelly). - 4.4 Kapp Toscana and Sassendalen Groups (Liassic-Triassic) / (with I. Geddes). - 4.5 Biinsow Land Supergroup (Permian-Carboniferous). - 4.6 Tempelfjorden Group (Permian) / with I. Geddes & P.A. Doubleday. - 4.7 Gipsdalen Group (Permian-Carboniferous) / with I. Geddes & P. A. Doubleday. - 4.8 Billefjorden Group (Early Carboniferous) / with I. Geddes & P. A. Doubleday. - 4.9 Structure and development of Central Basin. - 5 EASTERN SVALBARD PLATFORM. - 5.1 Platform strata. - 5.2 Igneous rocks. - 5.3 Submarine outcrops. - 5.4 Northeastern Spitsbergen, Wilhelmoya and Hinlopenstretet. - 5.5 Southwestern Nordaustlandet. - 5.6 Kong Karls Land / (with S. R. A. Kelly). - 5.7 Barentsoya, Edgeoya and Tusenoyane. - 5.8 Hopen. - 5.9 Correlation of four exploratory wells: Edgeoya and Hopen. - 6 NORTHERN NORDAUSTLANDET. - 6.1 Early work. - 6.2 Stratal succession. - 6.3 Subjacent metamorphic complex. - 6.4 Late tectonic plutons. - 6.5 Minor igneous bodies. - 6.6 Summary of isotopic ages. - 6.7 Structure of Nordaustlandet. - 6.8 The Lomonosov Ridge in relation to Nordaustlandet. - 7 NORTHEASTERN SPITSBERGEN. - 7.1 Geological frame. - 7.2 Younger (cover) rocks. - 7.3 Post-Permian deformation. - 7.4 Ny Friesland plutons. - 7.5 The Hecla Hoek Complex: the continuing debate. - 7.6 Hinlopenstretet Supergroup. - 7.7 Lomfjorden Supergroup. - 7.8 Stubendorffbreen Supergroup: succession. - 7.9 Stubendorffbreen Supergroup: genesis. - 7.10 The Hecla Hoek Complex: mid-Paleozoic structure and metamorphism. - 8 NORTHWESTERN SPITSBERGEN. - 8.1 Cenozoic volcanic rocks of the Woodfjorden area. - 8.2 Mesozoic, Permian and Carboniferous cover. - 8.3 Liefde Bay Supergroup (Devonian). - 8.4 The 'crystalline' rocks of Northwestern Spitsbergen. - 8.5 Structure. - 8.6 Offshore geology / (with P. A. Doubleday). - 9 CENTRAL WESTERN SPITSBERGEN. - 9.1 Paleogene strata. - 9.2 Mesozoic strata of Oscar II Land. - 9.3 Late Paleozoic strata of Oscar II Land. - 9.4 Early Paleozoic rocks. - 9.5 Proterozoic strata of Oscar II Land. - 9.6 Pre-Carboniferous rocks of Prins Karls Forland. - 9.7 Structure of Oscar II Land / (with P. A. Doubleday). - 9.8 Structure of Prins Karls Forland. - 9.9 Structure of Forlandsundet Basin / (with P. A. Doubleday). - 9.10 A tectonic interpretation of the West Spitsbergen Orogen: northern segment. - 10 SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHERN SPITSBERGEN. - 10.1 Paleogene strata. - 10.2 Mesozoic strata in southwest Sorkapp Land. - 10.3 Permian and Carboniferous strata of southern Spitsbergen. - 10.4 Devonian strata. - 10.5 Proterozoic strata of western Nordenskiöld Land. - 10.6 Proterozoic strata of western Nathorst and northwestern Wedel Jarlsberg Lands. - 10.7 Early Paleozoic and Proterozoic strata of southwestern Wedel Jarlsberg Land. - 10.8 Early Paleozoic and Proterozoic strata of Sorkapp Land. - 10.9 Pre-Devonian correlation through southwest Spitsbergen. - 10.10 Structure of western Nordenskiöld Land. - 10.11 Structure of western Nathorst Land. - 10.12 Structure of Wedel Jarlsberg Land / (with P. A. Doubleday). - 10.13 Structure of Sorkapp Land / (with P. A. Doubleday). - 11 SOUTHERN SVALBARD: BJØRNØYA AND SUBMARINE GEOLOGY. - 11.1 Early work. - 11.2 Geologic frame of Bjørnøya. - 11.3 Triassic strata of Bjørnøya. - 11.4 Late Paleozoic strata of Bjørnøya / (with I. Geddes). - 11.5 Pre-Devonian strata of Bjørnøya. - 11.6 Structural sequence of Bjørnøya. - 11.7 Submarine outcrops. - 11.8 Submarine structure / (with P. A. Doubleday). - PART 3 HISTORICAL SYNTHESIS12 PRE-VENDIAN HISTORY12.1 Precambrian time scales. - 12.2 Pre-Vendian rock successions. - 12.3 Pre-Vendian biotas / (by N. J. Butterfield). - 12.4 Precambrian isotopic ages. - 12.5 Tectonostratigraphic evidence for proto-basement. - 12.6 Pre-Vendian correlation. - 12.7 Palinspastic considerations. -13 VENDIAN HISTORY. - 13.1 Vendian time scale and correlation. - 13.2 Vendian successions and correlation in Svalbard. - 13.3 Vendian biotas. - 13.4 Vendian environments. - 13.5 Vendian international correlation. - 13.6 Vendian palinspastic discussion. - 14 CAMBRIAN-ORDOVICIAN HISTORY. - 14.1 Cambrian-Ordovician time scale. - 14.2 Cambrian-Ordovician biotas and correlation. - 14.3 Cambrian-Ordovician sedimentary environments. - 14.4 Cambrian-Ordovician tectonic environments. - 14.5 Cambrian-Ordovician terranes and palinspastics. - 15 SILURIAN HISTORY. - 15.1 Silurian time. - 15.2 Silurian supracrustal events: sedimentation and tectonics. - 15.3 Silurian tectogenesis. - 15.4 Silurian petrogenesis of crystalline rocks. - 15.5 Silurian terranes, provinces and palinspastics. - 15.6 Sequence of Silurian (main Caledonian) events. - 16 DEVONIAN HISTORY. - 16.1 Devonian time scale and correlation. - 16.2 Devonian succession. - 16.3 Devonian biotas. - 16.4 ?Silurian and Devonian sedimentation. - 16.5 Devonian tectonics. - 16.6 The question of sinistral Paleozoic strike-slip faulting, transpression and transtension. - 16.7 Sequence of events through Devonian time. - 16.8 A Lomonosov conjecture. - 17 CARBONIFEROUS-PERMIAN HISTORY. - 17.1 Early work. - 17.2 Stratigraphic frame: Bünsow Land Supergroup. - 17.3 Structural frame. - 17.4 Carboniferous and Permian time scale. - 17.5 Carboniferous-Permian sedimentary environments / (by I. Geddes). - 17.6 Carboniferous-Permian fossil record. - 17.7 Carboniferous-Permian tectonic control of sedimentation / (with I. Geddes). - 17.8 Carboniferous and Permian palaeogeology. - 18 TRIASSIC HISTORY. - 18.1 Early work. - 18.2 Structural frame. - 18.3 Triassic rock units. - 18.4 Triassic time scale and international correlation / (with I. Geddes). - 18.5 Triassic biotas. - 18.6 Sequence of Triassic environments / (with I. Geddes). - 18.7 Triassic regional palaeogeology. - 19 JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS HISTORY. - 19.1 Early work. - 19.2 Jurassic-Cretaceous structural frame. - 19.3 stratigraphic scheme. - 19.4 Jurassic-Cretaceous time scale and correlation / (with S. R. A. Kelly). - 19.5 Jurassic-Cretaceous formations. - 19.6 Jurassic-Cretaceous biotas. - 19.7 Jurassic-Cretaceous events in Svalbard events / (with S. R. A. Kelly). - 19.8 Svalbard in a Jurassic-Cretaceous regional context. - 20 PALEOGENE HISTORY. - 20.1 Early work. - 20.2 Structural and stratigraphic frame. - 20.3 Paleogene time scale and correlation. - 20.4 Paleogene biotas of Svalbard. - 20.5 Paleogene sedimentation and tectonics. - 20.6 Paleogene structures / (with A. Challinor & P. A. Doubleday). - 20.7 Structural sequence. - 20.8 Regional tectonic sequence. - 20.9 Paleogene tectonosedimentary history. - 21 NEOGENE-QUATERNARY HISTORY. - 21.1 Neogene--Quaternary time scale. - 21.2 Plate motions / (by C. F. Stephens). - 21.3 Deep structure of Svalbard. - 21.4 Neogene-Holocene volcanism and thermal springs / (by C. F. Stephens). - 21.5 Neogene and Pleistocene sedimentation / (with C. F. Stephens). - 21.6 Neogene-Holocene uplift and erosion. - 21.7 Glacial history of Svalbard: Neogene-Holocene / (with C. F. Stephens). - 21.8 Pleistocene and Holocene surficial geology and geomorphic features. - 21.9 Post-glacial sea-level and clima
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