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Tschermakfjellet Formation

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Country
  
Overlies
  
Underlies
  
De Geerdalen Formation

Region
  
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 Nordenskiƶld Land.

References

Tschermakfjellet Formation Wikipedia


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