Middle-Upper Ordovician strata are well exposed along the Kyrkbäcken rivulet in the Röstånga area of Scania. The investigated sequence dips about 40° towards the south, and comprises about 26 m of strata. It consists largely of siliceous limestones, mudstones, shales, and bentonites. The section is generally richly fossiliferous and has yielded bivalves, brachiopods, cephalopods, gastropods, grapt

Campanian sediments of the Maltesholm quarry consist of mostly coarse grained, poorly consolidated, ruditic grainstones, almost free of micrite and lime mud, with interbedded clay horizons. The main constituents of the grainstones are coralline algae and quartz. The lack of micrite and the abundance of coralline algae indicates a nearshore, shallow, high energy environment. Two different facies ma

During the last decades the municipals in Sweden has intensified their efforts to find alternative uses for the wastewater produced within the municipality. In Svalöv, Scania, a pilot-plant started in collabaration with Svalöf Weibulls AB to cultivate energy forest by wastewater irrigation. The vegetation is thus supplied with nutrious fertilazing at the same time as a purification of the wastewat

The endemic mesosaurid reptiles of the Whitehill-Irati sea in southern Africa and South America during the Permian were studied with preference for the Namibian material. To date three valid mesosaurid species have been described of which two occur on both continents. These mesosaurid aquatic reptiles were among the first evidence used to support the theory of continental drift at the beginning of

The archipelago of Svalbard is a key area for understanding the North Atlantic Caledonides. The pre-Devonian rocks of Svalbard are an assemblage of different terranes, probably juxtaposed by transpression during the Caledonidian orogenesis. Svalbard's Eastern Terrane consists of a thick (c. 18 km) succession, of Paleoproterozoic to Ordavician age, referred to as the Hecla Hoek sequence, and is

Mapping and isotopic work in the Instrumentberget area has shown that a granitic gneiss, previously referred to the Bangenhuk Formation, is unconformably overlain by a younger meta-sedimentary unit with a basal conglomerate horizon, previously included in the Rittervatnet Formation. In this paper it is suggested that the granitic gneiss, named the Instrumentberget Granitic Gneiss, occurs at a lowe

Summary: The fieldwork preceding this Master degree thesis took place in Jameson Land, East Greeniand, within the frame of the PONAM (Polar North Atlantic Margins; Late Cenozoic evolution) project. In central Jameson Land, a plateau area at approximately 500 m.a.s.l. forms a marked height in the area around the uppermost reaches of Jyllandselv. Ac. 2 km wide valley, where river ravines are cut dow

The aim of this study was to determine the mineralogy and the weathering rate of till in NW Blekinge, south Sweden. The physical properties of the soil were analysed on samples taken in test pits. These samples were separated in different fractions and analysed with XRD- and chemical methods and thin sections. The computer program PROFILE was used as a tool to calculate the weathering rate. The ph

Summary: Gyllebo-Baskemöllafältet is situated in eastern Skåne, some kilometers north of Simrishamn (fig. 1). It is an area consisting mostly of glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine sediments. The area is surrounded by till (fig 2). Most of the previous investigations in the area concern the glaciolacustrine deposits around Rörum, while this investigation mainly deal with the glaciofluvial deposits.

The investigated gravel-pit lies in the hinterland of the Pomeranian end-moraine zone. The structures in the sediment are strongly influenced during the glacier's recession. Especia11y the margins of the pit show strong deformation. Until now the sediments have been interpreted as subglacial tunnel deposits. Moreover the whole sequence is considered to be discontinuous. It has been suggested t

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Detta är en studie av Holocena sjösediment. Den undersökta sjön, Vuolep Njakajaure (68°20'N, 18°47'O) ligger i Abiskodalen i de norra delarna av Kaledoniderna. I denna studie har fyra borrkärnor av alggyttja jämförts med magnetiska analyser (susceptibilitet(χ), SIRM) och glödförlust. Borrkärnorna har korrelerats i huvudsak baserat på SIRM/χ och S-kvot. KSummary: This is a studie of Holocene lake sediments. The investigated lake, Vuolep Njakajaure (68°20'N, 18°47'O) is situated in the Abisko valley in the northern parts of the Caledonides. In this study four marginal cores of nonlaminated algalgyttja have been studied with respect to magnetic concentration parameters (ie susceptibility(χ) and SIRM) and loss on ignition. Core correlations h

Old Red Sandstones and younger strata overlie a variety of deformed and metamorphosed Early Paleozoic and Precambrian rocks on Svalbard, referred to as the Hecla Hoek Complex. At least three different terranes are recognized, occurring in eastern, northwestern and southwestern areas. The Eastern Terrane is exposed in the northeastern parts of the Svalbard archipelago in Nordaustlandet and Ny Fries

The Killeröd Formation ("Bronnii beds or Coscinorrhinus limestone") is a thin, but distinctive formation in the Middle Ordovician, upper Uhakuan Stage, of southeastern Scania, the southernmost province of Sweden. It is about 70 cm thick and consists of alternating grey microcrystalline limestone and blue-grey shaly mudstone. The Killeröd Fm is richly fossiliferous and has yielded a fairl

The Middle Cambrian at Äleklinta, Öland, consists predominantly of a heterolitic sequence with interbedded shale and siltstone. The sediments were deposited in a westfacing marine bay by northeastern, sometimes reversing currents. Long periods of slow mud settling alternated with short periods of silt influx. Water depth was below wave base and stream-ripples, micro-ripples and occasional wave-rip

I de lager som idag utgör Visby-, Slite- och Hemselager har Hedström beskrivit (1917) 30 arter, vilket är ett stort antal för ett så begränsat område. Materialet från Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, 27 av de 30 arterna, har reviderats och resultatet blev 18 arter istället för det ursprungliga antalet 27. Materialet är fragmentariskt men omfattar även mycket välbevarade exemplar vilka bidragit till mån

The topic of this paper include an attempt to interpret the mutually timing of the tectonothermal events at Glassvik, considered to constitute a key locality in the southern part of the Southwestern Granulite Province (SGP). The province is characterized by numerous occurrences of mafic granulites and charnockites as well as high-grade gneisses of a polymetamorphic origin. Three different distingu

In samples consisting mainly of Campanian biocalcarenite from Maltesholm and Ullstorp 23 foraminifera species were identified. The number of species lies within the range for a normal marine environment according to Fisher α-diagrams and triangular diagrams. It is concluded that Maltesholm represents a more shallow marine environment than Ullstorp. A systematic description is included for the aggl

A 180 meter long core sequence of the Höllviken-II deep drilling project was investigated and divided into seven subfacies from a sedimentological point of view. Special attention were paid to criteria used for interpretation of the palaeoclimate. The lowest and the topmost parts of the investigated sequence were interpreted as beeing deposited during hot, desert-like conditions. Intervening parts

Järnanrikning i mesozoiska lagerföljder i Skåne och på andra ställen i Europa har ofta föreslagits vara en marin bildningsprocess. På många håll i världen där det råder ett tropiskt-subtropiskt klimat anrikas stora mängder järn i terrestriska markprocesser-lateritisering. Denna kan ha varit en av de viktigaste processerna för järnanrikning, exempelvis i de rät-liassiska sedimenten i Skåne.