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X.—Geological Notes on the Stubendorff Mountains, West Spitsbergen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

W. B. Harland
W. B. Harland
Affiliation:
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
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The Cambridge Spitsbergen Expedition, 1938 (Polar Record No. 17, p. 4), was led by L. H. McCabe for intensive geomorphological work in the Campbell Range at the head of Billen Bay, Ice Fjord. The principal work on nivation and corrie erosion (McCabe, 1939) was supplemented by topographical and geological survey, while some detailed investigations were made on the raised beaches and “soil polygons.” During this work a party of three crossed the ice divide by sledge to East Fjord, Wijde Bay, and spent ten days working from the northern side of the Stubendorff Glacier. The Stubendorff Mountains in this region were chosen for comparison of corrie erosion on account of their contrasting geological constitution. They are carved out of tough folded metamorphic rocks while the Campbell Range is formed of softer horizontal Carboniferous rocks.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 61 , Issue 2 , 1942 , pp. 119 - 129
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1942

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