The Eleonore Sø and Målebjerg foreland windows, East Greenland Caledonides, and the demise of the 'stockwerke' concept

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 6, 2004, Pages 77-93

  Higgins, A K ^a   Leslie, A Graham ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonides; East Greenland; Tectonic windows

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; WORLD;

EID: 23944451285     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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