An Early Ordovician (Finnmarkian?) foreland basin and related lithospheric flexure in the Scandinavian Caledonides

American Journal of Science

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 527-553

  Greiling, Reinhard O ^a,b   Garfunkel, Zvi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ECLOGITE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; GRAYWACKE; HIGH PRESSURE; LITHOSPHERE; METAMORPHISM; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TURBIDITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; JAMTLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34250706236     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/02.2007.07     Document Type: Article

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