Tschermakfjellet_Formation

Tschermakfjellet Formation

Tschermakfjellet Formation

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The Tschermakfjellet Formation is a geological formation in Svalbard, Norway, a subunit of the Kapp Toscana Group. The formation dates to the Late Triassic (early Carnian).

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It is named after the mountain of Tschermakfjellet in Dickson Land at Spitsbergen, while its type section is found at Botneheia in Nordenskiöld Land.[1][2] The formation has provided fossils of invertebrates and of an indeterminate pistosaurid.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Harland 1997: p. 349
  2. [2]
    Buchan 1965: p. 26
  3. [3]
    Tschermakfjellet, Dickinsonland, Svalbard, early Carnian (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen) at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

  • Buchan, S.H.; Challinor, A.; Harland, W. Brian; Parker, J.R. (1965). The Triassic Stratigraphy of Svalbard. Oslo: Norsk Polarinstitutt.
  • Harland, W. Brian (1997). The Geology of Svalbard. London: The Geological Society. ISBN 1-897799-93-4.

Further reading

  • H. J. Campbell. 1994. The Triassic bivalves Daonella and Halobia in New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Svalbard. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Monograph 4:1-165


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