Caves and speleogenesis at Blomstrandsøya, Kongsfjord, W. Spitsbergen.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lauritzen Stein-Erik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of South Florida Libraries 2006-01-01
Series:International Journal of Speleology
Subjects:
Karst
speleogenesis
arctic
permafrost
Quaternary
subglacial
Online Access:http://www.ijs.speleo.it/pdf/63.536.35_Lauritzen.pdf

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