Timing and characterization of recurrent pre-Sveconorwegian metamorphism and deformation in the Varberg-Halmstad region of SW Sweden

Precambrian Research

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 173-195

  Christoffel, Catherine A ^a   Connelly, James N ^a   Åhäll, Karl Inge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gothian orogen; Mesoproterozoic evolution; Southwest Scandinavian Domain; Southwest Sweden; Sveconorwegian orogen; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; SVECONORWEGIAN OROGENY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0033378908     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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