Blomeier, Dierk; Dustira, Anna Marie; Forke, Holger; Scheibner, Christian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
A detailed facies study of Early Permian strata within NE Svalbard reveals a fundamental change of the depositional setting, from a restricted-marine, warm-water carbonate platform to an open-marine, temperate-water, mixed siliciclastic-carbonate ramp. The uppermost strata of the Gipshuken Formation (Templet and Sørfonna members; Sakmarian–early Artinskian?) consist of microbialites (algal mats), ...