The Oslo Rift: New palaeomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar age constraints

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1045-1059

  Torsvik, Trond H ^a,b   Eide, Elizabeth A ^a   Meert, Joe G ^c   Smethurst, Mark A ^a   Walderhaug, Harald J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dykes; Geochronology; Oslo Rift; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

DIKE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; PALEOMAGNETISM; RIFTING; TRIASSIC;

NORWAY;

EID: 0032466436     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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