Carbonate isotope chemostratigraphy suggests revisions to the geological history of the West Finnmark Caledonides, northern Norway

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 277-289

  Slagstad, Trond ^a   Melezhik, V A ^a   Kirkland, C L ^b   Zwaan, K B ^a   Roberts, D ^a   Gorokhov, I M ^c   Fallick, A E ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARBLE; PROTEROZOIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33644757813     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764905-021     Document Type: Article

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