Sedimentary documentation of the break-up of Rodinia, Offerdal Nappe, Swedish Caledonides

Precambrian Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-26

  Plink Björklund, Piret ^a   Björklund, Lennart ^a   Loorents, Karl Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intracratonic rift; Metasedimentary rocks; Neoproterozoic; Offerdal nappe; Scandinavian Caledonides; Sedimentary structures

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; PRECAMBRIAN; RODINIA;

DISASTER; DOCUMENTATION; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; GRAIN; METAMORPHOSIS; PRECAMBRIAN; REVIEW; ROCK; SAND; SEDIMENT; SWEDEN; THICKNESS;

CALEDONIDES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 11144263225     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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