The Kapp Toscana Group is a geologic group in Svalbard and Jan Mayen in the Barents Sea, Norway.Reinodden KT1 (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen) at Fossilworks.org
Description The group dates back to the Late Triassic, and comprises the rock formations of Tschermakfjellet, De Geerdalen and Wilhelmøya.Harland 1997: p. 348–350 The group is named from the headland of Kapp Toscana at the southern side of Van Keulenfjorden in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard.Harland 1997: p. 348 The thickness of the group varies from of deltaic shales with interbedded sandstones.Harland 1997: p. 348
The Kapp Toscana Group was initially defined as a formation,Buchan 1965: pp. 24–26 but has later become a group.Harland 1997: p. 345 The type section was taken from Kapp Toscana at Van Keulenfjorden, where the thickness of the unit was , while its two members Tschermakfjellet and De Geerdalen had type sections from Botneheia.Buchan 1965: pp. 24–26
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