Orogen-parallel extension of the Caledonides in northern Central Norway: An overview

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 225-241

  Braathen, Alvar ^a   Osmundsen, Per Terje ^a   Nordgulen, Øystein ^a   Roberts, David ^a   Meyer, Gurli B ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; DENUDATION; DEVONIAN; METAMORPHISM; NAPPE; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST FAULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0012842338     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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