Metamorphic core complexes and gneiss-cored culminations along the Mid-Norwegian margin: an overview and some current ideas

Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publications

Volumn 12, Issue C, 2005, Pages 29-41

  Osmundsen, Per Terje ^a   Braathen, Alvar ^a   Sommaruga, Anna ^a   Skilbrei, Jan Reidar ^a   Nordgulen, Øystein ^a   Roberts, David ^a   Andersen, Torgeir B ^a   Olesen, Odleiv ^a   Mosar, Jon ^a  

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EID: 33644753376     PISSN: 09288937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8937(05)80042-6     Document Type: Article

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