Middle Proterozoic-early Palaeozoic evolution of central Baltoscandian intracratonic basins: Evidence for asthenospheric diapirs

Tectonophysics

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 131-142

  Van Balen, R T ^a   Heeremans, M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthenospheric diapirs; Baltica; Basin modelling; Bothnia; Intracratonic basins; Palaeozoic basins; Proterozoic basins; Rapakivi granite

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; DIAPIR; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONICS;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0032585450     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00237-6     Document Type: Article

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