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SPITSBERGEN AND KING CHARLES ISLANDS<br />

a major non-sequence of varying size in the Kimeridgian, cutting out<br />

everything between the Mutabilis Zone and the Lower Volgian. This<br />

non-sequence represents the Pseudomutabilis, Beckeri, Subplanites,<br />

Pectinatus and Rotunda Zones of England, central Europe and south<br />

Russia (Orenburg). Only the lower part of the Lower Volgian is present,<br />

and the Upper Volgian has not been proved in Spitsbergen or King Charles<br />

FIG. 80.—Sketch-map of Spitsbergen and associated islands, showing the Jurassic<br />

outcrops in black, and the Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks stippled. After Orvin,<br />

1940. On King Charles Islands much of the Jurassic shown is covered by Cretaceous<br />

rocks and basalt.<br />

Islands. The next transgression began as usual with the basal Neocomian,<br />

but in the middle of the Neocomian there is a continental phase (Weir,<br />

1933, p. 695). It was perhaps during this phase that occurred the fissureeruptions<br />

of basalt, in and over which are the plant-beds of Cape Flora.<br />

The literature on the Jurassic of Spitsbergen is extensive. An excellent<br />

general account of the geology with a coloured geological map is given by<br />

Orvin ,(1940) and another good summary by Allan (1941). Summaries<br />

http://jurassic.ru/

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