The Svecofennian Orogen: A tectonic model

Precambrian Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 21-44

  Nironen, Mikko ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accretion; Fennoscandia; Orogenic belts; Plate collision; Proterozoic; Svecofennian orogeny; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COLLISION; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; SVECOFENNIAN OROGENY; TECTONICS;

EUROPE, FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 0031411341     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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