﻿Finmarken 
  in 
  Northern 
  Norway. 
  

  

  93 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  Tanafjord, 
  where 
  this 
  series 
  does 
  not 
  have 
  such 
  

   shale 
  deposits. 
  Above 
  the 
  shale 
  follows 
  a 
  sandstone 
  of 
  

   about 
  2000 
  meters 
  thickness, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  studied 
  very 
  

   little. 
  Still 
  higher 
  appears 
  a 
  thick 
  series 
  of 
  thin-bedded, 
  

   impure, 
  light 
  colored, 
  yellow-weathering 
  dolomite 
  or 
  

   dolomitic 
  limestone 
  alternating 
  with 
  red 
  sandstones 
  with 
  

   the 
  greatest 
  abundance 
  of 
  ripple-marks 
  (fig. 
  4). 
  Above 
  

   the 
  ripple-marked 
  strata 
  comes 
  another 
  sandstone, 
  red- 
  

   dish 
  and 
  grey, 
  with 
  layers 
  of 
  compact 
  shale, 
  and 
  finally 
  

   another 
  series 
  of 
  yellow-weathering 
  dolomite 
  and 
  red 
  

  

  Fig. 
  5. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  5. 
  — 
  Stromatolite 
  dolomite 
  with 
  silicified 
  tubes, 
  

   inner 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Altenfjord. 
  

  

  Kaipas 
  Mountain, 
  at 
  

  

  sandstone, 
  exceedingly 
  like 
  the 
  previous 
  one. 
  At 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  this 
  last 
  mentioned 
  series 
  occurs 
  a 
  thin 
  horizon 
  

   of 
  dark 
  shale 
  with 
  thin 
  layers 
  and 
  nodules 
  of 
  dark 
  

   impure 
  limestone. 
  In 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  layers 
  occur 
  concre- 
  

   tionary 
  structures. 
  These 
  are 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  concentrically 
  

   arranged 
  lamellae 
  of 
  dark 
  limestone 
  of 
  coarser 
  or 
  finer 
  

   grain, 
  often 
  containing 
  clastic 
  quartz 
  particles 
  and 
  

   oolites. 
  Oolites, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  silicified, 
  are 
  also 
  seen 
  in 
  

   somewhat 
  higher 
  horizons 
  of 
  this 
  dolomitic 
  series. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  formations 
  exposed 
  

   on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Varanger 
  Peninsula 
  and 
  consti- 
  

   tuting 
  the 
  Varanger 
  series, 
  certainly 
  much 
  exceeds 
  3000 
  

  

  