Sassendalen Group Explained

Sassendalen Group
Type:Group
Age:Induan-Olenekian
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Period:Anisian
Otherlithology:Sandstone
Region:Svalbard
Coordinates:78°N 22°W
Paleocoordinates:42°N 12.1°W
Subunits:Sticky Keep & Vikinghøgda Formations
Underlies:Kapp Toscana Group
 Tschermakfjellet Formation
Overlies:Tempelfjorden Group
Extent:Central Spitsbergen Basin

The Sassendalen Group is a geologic group in Svalbard, Norway. The marine to deltaic mudstones, siltstones and sandstones preserve fossils dating back to the Early Triassic (Induan to Olenekian) period.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=Sassendalen&group_formation_member=Sassendalen Sassendalen Group