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A Revision of the Lower Hecla Hoek Succession in Central North Spitsbergen and Correlation Elsewhere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. B. Harland ,
R. H. Wallis  and
R. A. Gayer
W. B. Harland
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge.
R. H. Wallis
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge.
R. A. Gayer
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University College, Cathays Park, Cardiff.
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Abstract

Arising from detailed reassessment of field work in the area of Ny Friesland and Olav V Land from 1938 to 1965, a revised stratigraphical scheme is proposed for the Hecla Hoek succession which is known to range downward from Lower Ordovician and Lower Cambrian (1 km.) into a relatively unbroken sequence of Pre-Cambrian rocks about 19 km. thick. The metamorphosed older rocks, previously grouped as Lower Hecla Hoek, are reinterpreted as a succession 12 km. thick with a large volcanic component and a distinctive tillite horizon. Correlation is attempted anew with rocks elsewhere in Spitsbergen and overseas. The Hecla Hoek suite contributes to an interpretation of the development of the Caledonian tectonic province in late Pre-Cambrian and Lower Palaeozoic time.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , February 1966 , pp. 70 - 97
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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