Tectonic structural features of the Fauske conglomerates in the Løvgavlen quarry, Nordland, Norwegian Caledonides, and regional implications

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 245-256

  Roberts, David ^a   Heldal, Tom ^a   Melezhik, Victor ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

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