Upper Paleozoic Lithostratigraphy of the Southern Norwegian Barents Sea

• Abstract
• Preface
• Acknowledgement
• Introduction
  • Background
  • Procedure
  • Data presentation
  • Chrono-stratigraphy
  • Geological Setting
• Lithostratigraphy
  • Tempelfjorden Gr.
  • Ørret Fm.
  • Røye Fm.
  • Bjarmeland Gr.
  • Isbjørn Fm.
  • Ulv Fm.
  • Polarrev Fm.
  • Gipsdalen Gr.
  • Ørn Fm.
  • Falk Fm.
  • Ugle Fm.
  • Billefjorden Gr.
  • Blærerot Fm.
  • Tettegras Fm.
  • Soldogg Fm.
• References
• Appendix
• Home

 

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RГёye Formation (RГёyeformasjonen)

Name

Definition

Reference sections

Thickness

Lithology

Lateral extent and variation

Age

Depositional environments

 

Name:

From the Norwegian name for the Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus).

 

Definition:

The type section is defined as the interval from 1745.4 m to 1623.5 m in well 7128/6-1 located on the Finnmark Platform (Fig. 53). The base of the formation is there characterised by a marked increase in the gamma ray log response, and a corresponding decrease in both density and interval transit time based on the density and sonic logs. This represents the transition from tight limestones of the underlying IsbjГёrn Formation to silicified deposits in the basal part of the RГёye Formation (Fig. 54).

 

 

Fig. 53. Well logs of the type section of the RГёye Formation in 7128/6-1.

For explanation of symbols see Fig. 3.

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Reference sections:

 

Reference sections are defined:

 

In Loppa High well 7120/1-1, with formational base at 2997 m on the Ulv Formation; this well shows an interfingering of the RГёye and Г