Post-Caledonian structural evolution of the Lofoten and Vesterålen offshore and onshore areas

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 215-230

  Løseth, Helge ^a   Tveten, Einar ^b  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Norges Geologiske U   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; FAULTING; RIFTING; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

NORWAY, LOFOTEN ISLANDS; NORWAY, VESTERALEN ISLANDS;

EID: 0030434348     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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