Correlation of the late Precambrian Ekkerøya Formation (Vadsø Group; E. Finnmark) and the Brennelvfjord Interbedded Member (Porsangerfjord Group; W. Finnmark), N. Norwegian Caledonides

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-61

  Rice, Hugh ^a   Townsend, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRENNELVFJORD MEMBER; EKKEROYA FORMATION; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

NORWAY, FINNMARK;

EID: 0029729726     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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