Unit of Kapp Toscana Group Country Norway Overlies Sassendalen Group | Underlies De Geerdalen Formation Region Svalbard | |
Thickness 63 metres (207 ft) at Tschermakfjellet Primary sandstones and silty shales Named for Tschermakfjellet (type section from Botneheia) | ||
The Tschermakfjellet Formation is a geological formation in Svalbard, Norway, a subunit of the Kapp Toscana Group. The formation dates to the Late Triassic. It is named after the mountain of Tschermakfjellet in Dickson Land at Spitsbergen, while its type section is found at Botneheia in Nordenskiöld Land.
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