Year: 1976
Type: report
Abstract: The stratigraphic column in Svalbard is peculiarly rich in coal, continental coal-bearing sequences occurring in at least six separate stratigraphic units, ranging in age from Givetian to Oligocene.This paper reviews these strata briefly, for the first time since HOEL 1925HOEL (1929)).The stratigraphic distribution of the strata is outlined in relation to the tectonic framework of the region.Finally, the circurnstances of coa! formation in relation to palaeolatitudes, rate of subsidence and depth of burial are considered, and data from various sources are used to compare these parameters for the severaI periods of coa! formation.The paper also serves as an introduction to the papers that follow on specific areas of Car boniferous, Cretaceous and Palaeogene coal.
Authors: W. B. Harland, C.A.G. Pickton, N.J.R. Wright, C.A. Croxton, Daniel Smith, J.L. Cutbill, Wayne Henderson
Language: English
Subfield: Geology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2465111012