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III.—Sketch of the Geology of Ice Sound and Bell Sound, Spitzbergen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. E. Nordenskiöld
A. E. Nordenskiöld
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Stockholm
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B. Mountain Limestone Proper.—Both the Hecla Hook and Liefde Bay strata, and the strata included in the foregoing division, consist of fresh-water formations, devoid of any trace of marine fossils; which proves that Spitzbergen, during the immense period of time in which these strata were deposited, formed a considerable continent. Later, however, these circumstances were altered, inasmuch as that part of the globe was again covered by sea, from which, with only an inconsiderable, perhaps local, break (the strata of the Coal-formation in Bell Sound), during a long sequence of geological periods, strata of great extent, containing marine fossils, were deposited. The oldest and most extensive of these strata belong to the Mountain Limestone formation, which in this part of the polar regions is specially developed and rich in fossils.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , February 1876 , pp. 63 - 75
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1876

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page 64 note 2 Abh. der Akad. d. Wissensch. zu Berlin, 1846, s. 65.

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page 66 note 1 According to von Buch, Keilhau states that Mount Misery consists entirely of sandstone (compare von Buch, Berlin Akad. Ber. 1846, p. 145). This statement, however, is incorrect.

page 69 note 1 To this number might be added several, as Spirifer Keilhaui, Buch, etc., if I were not doubtful of their identity, as they are absent in the collections formed by Nordenskiöld, and I have not otherwise had opportunity to see them.—G. Lindström.

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