Propagating rift tectonics of a Caledonian marginal basin: Multi-stage seafloor spreading history of the Solund-Stavfjord ophiolite in western Norway

Tectonophysics

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 213-238

  Dilek, Yildirim ^a,b   Furnes, Harald ^a   Skjerlie, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Marginal basin; Oceanic crust; Ophiolite; Propagating rift; Seafloor spreading

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN; MARGINAL BASIN; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; RIFTING; SEA FLOOR SPREADING; TECTONICS;

NORWAY;

EID: 0031408612     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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