Nature of a major tectonic discontinuity in the Svecofennian province of northern Sweden

Precambrian Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 211-237

  Rutland, R W R ^a   Kero, L ^b   Nilsson, G ^b   Stolen L K ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Palaeoproterozoic; Plate tectonics; Structural analysis; Sweden

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

DISCONTINUITY; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SVECOFENNIAN; TECTONIC SETTING;

AGE; ARCHAEAN; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; GRAVITY; HYPOTHESIS; KINEMATICS; MAGNETISM; MODEL; ROCK; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; VOLCANO;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0035843032     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00165-6     Document Type: Article

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