Cambrian sediments and Proterozoic granites in the Dividalen-Torneträsk area, northern Scandinavia: Palaeomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology

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Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-138

  Rehnström, Emma F ^a,b   Torsvik, Trond H ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baltica apparent polar wander path; Cambrian sediments; Geochronology; Palaeogeography; Palaeomagnetism; Proterozoic granites

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 2942588741     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890301253131     Document Type: Article

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