Timing structural assembly, metamorphism, and cooling of caledonian nappes in the ofoten-efjorden area, north Norway: Tectonic insights from U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology

Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 565-582

  Northrup, C J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM;

NORWAY;

EID: 0031397494     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515958     Document Type: Article

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