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dc.contributor.authorSenger, Kim
dc.contributor.authorBetlem, Peter
dc.contributor.authorBirchall, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorGonzaga Jr., Luis
dc.contributor.authorGrundvåg, Sten-Andreas
dc.contributor.authorHorota, Rafael Kenji
dc.contributor.authorLaake, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorKuckero, Lilith
dc.contributor.authorMørk, Atle
dc.contributor.authorPlanke, Sverre
dc.contributor.authorRodes, Nil
dc.contributor.authorSmyrak-Sikora, Aleksandra
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-05T12:22:19Z
dc.date.available2022-12-05T12:22:19Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-10
dc.description.abstractThe renowned Festningen section in the outer part of Isfjorden, western Spitsbergen, offers a c. 7 km-long nearly continuous stratigraphic section of Lower Carboniferous to Cenozoic strata, spanning nearly 300 million years of geological history. Tectonic deformation associated with the Paleogene West-Spitsbergen-Fold-and-Thrust belt tilted the strata to near-vertical, allowing easy access to the section along the shoreline. The Festningen section is a regionally important stratigraphic reference profile, and thus a key locality for any geologist visiting Svalbard. The lithology variations, dinosaur footprints, and the many fossil groups, record more than 300 million years of continental drift, climate change, and sea level variations. In addition, the Festningen section is the only natural geoscientific monument protected by law (i.e. geotope) in Svalbard. In this contribution, we present a digital outcrop model (DOM) of the Festningen section processed from 3762 drone photographs. The resulting high-resolution model offers detail down to 7.01 mm, covers an area of 0.8 km2 and can be freely accessed via the Svalbox database. Through Svalbox, we also put the Festningen model in a regional geological context by comparing it to nearby offshore seismic, exploration boreholes penetrating the same stratigraphy and publications on the deep-time paleoclimate trends recorded at Festningen.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSenger K, Betlem P, Birchall T, Gonzaga Jr. LJ, Grundvåg S.-A., Horota RK, Laake, Kuckero L, Mørk A, Planke S, Rodes, Smyrak-Sikora AA. Digitising Svalbard’s geology: the Festningen digital outcrop model. First Break. 2022;40(3):47-55en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2031394
dc.identifier.doi10.3997/1365-2397.fb2022021
dc.identifier.issn0263-5046
dc.identifier.issn1365-2397
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/27692
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Groupen_US
dc.relation.journalFirst Break
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)en_US
dc.titleDigitising Svalbard’s geology: the Festningen digital outcrop modelen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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