| Vardebukta Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Induan ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate |
| Other | Sandstone, lime mudstone, packstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 77°00′N 16°12′E / 77°N 16.2°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 41°00′N 9°24′E / 41.0°N 9.4°E |
| Region | Svalbard |
| Country | Norway |
  Vardebukta Formation (Svalbard) | |
The Vardebukta Formation is a geologic formation in Norway. It preserves fossils dating back to the Induan stage (early Early Triassic).[1] Outcrops are known from the Hornsund area but also from Bellsund and Isfjorden areas.[2]
- ^ Vardebukta Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Birkenmajer, Krzysztof; Jerzmańska, Anna (1979). "Lower Triassic shark and other fish teeth from Hornsund, South Spitsbergen". In K. Birkenmajer (ed.). Results of the Polish Spitsbergen Expeditions, Part 10. Studia Geologica Polonica 60. pp. 7–38.