Extensional tectonics in the Caledonides of southern Norway, an overview

Tectonophysics

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 333-351

  Andersen, Torgeir B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Eclogites; Exhumation; Extension; Norway

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; TECTONICS;

NORWAY, CALEDONIDES;

EID: 0031803891     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00277-1     Document Type: Article

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