Geology of western Ullsfjord, North Norway, with emphasis on the development of an inverted metamorphic gradient at the top of the Lyngen Nappe Complex

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-127

  Coker Dewey, Janet ^c   Steltenpohl, Mark G ^a   Andresen, Arild ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KLIPPEN; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; NAPPE; OPHIOLITE; SILURIAN;

NORWAY; ULLSFJORD;

EID: 0033939556     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002919600750042609     Document Type: Article

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