Glacigenic rocks of the Smalfjord and Mortensnes Formations, Vestertana Group, E. Finnmark, Norway.

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dc.contributor.authorRice, Hugh
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Marc
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Tor
dc.contributor.authorArnaud, Emmanuelle
dc.contributor.authorHalverson, Galen
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-02T20:52:56Z
dc.date.available2015-12-02T20:52:56Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Environmental Sciencesen
dc.description.abstractThe Vestertana Group in E Finnmark, N Norway, contains two Neoproterozoic glacigenic sequences, the Smalfjord and Mortensnes Formations, preserved on the northern edge of Baltica. The former comprises up to 420 m of aeolian, fluvioglacial and glaciomarine sediments and terrestrial diamictite. The latter consists of up to 50 m of predominantly diamictite. The Smalfjord Formation is underlain by dolostones (Grasdalen Formation, Tanafjorden Group), only locally preserved due to the sub-Smalfjord Formation unconformity, which cuts down-section through a ca. 2.5 km dominantly clastic sequence to rest on Baltic Shield gneisses. The two glacigenic successions are separated by ca. 350 m of mostly clastic sediments (Nyborg Formation), with thin dolostones at the base and towards the top. The latter are generally absent due to the sub-Mortensnes Formation unconformity, which also cuts down southwards through the Nyborg and Smalfjord Formations to the Baltic Shield. No robust isotopic age constraints are available for the succession. δ13C data, together with cap dolostone characteristics, offer paradigmic correlations with other areas (SmalfjordMarinoan; MortensnesGaskiers). A limited Ediacaran fauna, including Aspidella, give only broad age constraints. Palaeomagnetic data are ambiguous; some suggest Baltica lay at equatorial (15° S) to mid-latitudes (50° S) for the period 750-550 Ma, respectively, whilst other interpretations place it at either 30° N or S at ca. 550 Ma.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRice, A.H.N., Edwards, M.B., Hansen, T., Arnaud, E., & Halverson, G. P. 2011. Glacigenic rocks of the Smalfjord and Mortensnes Formations, Vestertana Group, E. Finnmark, Norway. In: Arnaud, E., Halverson, G. P. and Shields-Zhou, G. (eds). The Geological Record of Neoproterozoic Glaciations. Geological Society of London, Memoirs 36, 593-602.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10214/9359
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGeological Society of Londonen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGeological Society of London Memoirs;36
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectSmalfjord Formationen_US
dc.subjectNeoproterozoicen_US
dc.subjectMortensnes Formationen_US
dc.subjectglacial sedimentsen_US
dc.subjectCap carbonateen_US
dc.titleGlacigenic rocks of the Smalfjord and Mortensnes Formations, Vestertana Group, E. Finnmark, Norway.en_US
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