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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1535-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1535-2018
Research article
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21 Dec 2018
Research article |  | 21 Dec 2018

From widespread Mississippian to localized Pennsylvanian extension in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl and Jhon M. Muñoz-Barrera

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This research is dedicated to the study of poorly understood coal-bearing Mississippian (ca. 360–325 Ma) sedimentary rocks in central Spitsbergen. Our results suggest that these rocks were deposited during a period of widespread extension involving multiple fault trends, including faults striking subparallel to the extension direction, while overlying Pennsylvanian rocks (ca. 325–300 Ma) were deposited during extension localized along fewer, larger faults.