Caves and speleogenesis at Blomstrandsøya, Kongsfjord, W. Spitsbergen.
Blomstrandsøya, at Kongsfjord (78 57’N), Spitsbergen, is within the high arctic, a completely permafrozen zone. The bedrock consistsof Paleozoic marbles and has yielded a surprising amount of karst features. Early phases of hydrothermal, possibly Caledonian,speleogenesis and subsequent Devonian kar...
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| Language: | English |
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University of South Florida Libraries
2006-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Speleology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijs.speleo.it/pdf/63.536.35_Lauritzen.pdf |