The age and tectonic significance of dolerite dykes in western Norway

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 961-973

  Torsvik, Trond H ^a,c   Andersen, Torgeir B ^b   Eide, Elizabeth A ^a   Walderhaug, Harald J ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dykes; Faults; Norway; Permian; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001712455     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.6.0961     Document Type: Article

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