Baltica-Laurentia link during the Mesoproterozoic: 1.27 Ga development of continental basins in the Sveconorwegian Orogen, southern Norway

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1425-1440

  Bingen, Bernard ^a   Mansfeld, Joakim ^a   Sigmond, Ellen M O ^a   Stein, Holly ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

MAGMATISM; MESOPROTEROZOIC;

EARTH SCIENCES;

BALTICA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAURENTIA; PROTEROZOIC; SVECONORWEGIAN OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

NORWAY;

EID: 0036026109     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-054     Document Type: Article

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