The Caledonian thin-skinned thrust belt of Kronprins Christian Land, eastern North Greenland

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 6, 2004, Pages 41-56

  Higgins, A K ^a   Soper, N J ^b,c   Smith, M Paul ^d   Rasmussen, Jan A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Gams Bank   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Conodonts; Greenland; Ordovician; Thrust tectonics

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; THRUST;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

EID: 23944506597     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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