The Hardangerfjord Shear Zone in SW Norway and the North Sea: A large-scale low-angle shear zone in the Caledonian crust

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 675-687

  Fossen, Haakon ^a   Hurich, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Deep seismic sections; Extension; Hardangerfjord Shear Zone; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; SEISMIC SURVEY; SHEAR ZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OCEANIC REGIONS; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 21444456368     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-136     Document Type: Article

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