Thrust stacking in the inner Nordre Stromfjord area, West Greenland. Significance for the tectonic evolution of the Palaeoproterozoic Nagssugtoqidian orogen

Precambrian Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-86

  Van Gool, Jeroen A M ^a   Kriegsman, Leo M ^b   Marker, Mogens ^a   Nichols, Geoff T ^c  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basement involved thrusting; Collision; Greenland; Nagssugtoqidian orogen; Palaeoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; THRUST;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032851708     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00098-9     Document Type: Article

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