Tschermakfjellet Formation

Tschermakfjellet Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Carnian ~235–221.5  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Geologic map with the formation in darker pink
Type	Formation
Unit of	Kapp Toscana Group
Underlies	De Geerdalen Formation
Overlies	Sassendalen Group
Thickness	63 metres (207 ft) at Tschermakfjellet
Lithology
Primary	Sandstones and silty shales
Location
Coordinates	78°30′N15°18′E / 78.5°N 15.3°E / 78.5; 15.3
Approximate paleocoordinates	47°24′N2°06′W / 47.4°N 2.1°W / 47.4; -2.1
Region	Svalbard
Country	Norway
Type section
Named for	Tschermakfjellet (type section from Botneheia)
Tschermakfjellet Formation (Svalbard)

The Tschermakfjellet Formation is a geological formation in Svalbard, Norway, a subunit of the Kapp Toscana Group. The formation dates to the Late Triassic (early Carnian).

Description

It is named after the mountain of Tschermakfjellet in Dickson Land at Spitsbergen, while its type section is found at Botneheia in Nordenskiöld Land. ^{[1] [2]} The formation has provided fossils of invertebrates and of an indeterminate pistosaurid. ^[3]

References

1. Harland 1997: p. 349
2. Buchan 1965: p. 26
3. Tschermakfjellet, Dickinsonland, Svalbard, early Carnian (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen) at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

• Buchan, S.H.; Challinor, A.; Harland, W. Brian; Parker, J.R. (1965). The Triassic Stratigraphy of Svalbard. Oslo: Norsk Polarinstitutt.
• Harland, W. Brian (1997). The Geology of Svalbard. London: The Geological Society. ISBN   1-897799-93-4.

Further reading

• H. J. Campbell. 1994. The Triassic bivalves Daonella and Halobia in New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Svalbard. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Monograph 4:1-165