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Svalbard’s post-Caledonian strata — an atlas of sedimentational patterns and palaeogeographic evolution

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Petroleum Geology of the North European Margin

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The Carboniferous to Palaeogene sedimentational history of the Svalbard Archipelago is documented with the help of representative cross-sections, palaeogeographical maps and brief syntheses of major depositional phases.

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    Ronald J. Steel

  2. Paleontologisk Museum, Oslo, Norway

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Steel, R.J., Worsley, D. (1984). Svalbard’s post-Caledonian strata — an atlas of sedimentational patterns and palaeogeographic evolution. In: Spencer, A.M. (eds) Petroleum Geology of the North European Margin. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5626-1_9

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