Tectonic Features of the Hecla Hook Formation to the South of St. Jonsfjord, Vestspitsbergen

1 August 1953

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Geological Magazine

Vol. 90 (4) , 273-286
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800065468

Abstract

A structural study of rocks of the Hecla Hook formation in the area of Forlandsundet of Vestspitsbergen reveals the presence of two B–axes. The earlier (B₁) trends roughly east–west and affects only the Hecla Hook formation; the later axis (B₂) trends roughly north–south, and affects also rocks of Carboniferous age. It is suggested that B₁ is the main “Caledonian” axis in this area, and that B₂ and the roughly north–south “grain” of the rocks concerned are Lower Tertiary phenomena.

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