The Silurian to Permian history of a metamorphic core complex in Lofoten, northern Scandinavian Caledonides

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Steltenpohl, Mark G ^a   Hames, Willis E ^a   Andresen, Arild ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Extension; Lofoten; Norwegian shelf; Permian

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PALEOZOIC; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LOFOTEN; NORDLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 3142714744     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001522     Document Type: Article

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