The Hølonda Porphyrites, Norwegian Caledonides: Geochemistry and tectonic setting of early-mid-Ordovician shoshonitic volcanism

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-142

  Grenne, Tor ^a   Roberts, David ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Geochemistry; Igneous rocks; Norway; Shoshonites

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ORDOVICIAN; SHOSHONITE; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

NORWAY;

EID: 0031881722     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.1.0131     Document Type: Article

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