Peri-Gondwanan elements in the Caledonian Nappes of Finnmark, Northern Norway: Implications for the paleogeographic framework of the Scandinavian Caledonides

American Journal of Science

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 434-458

  Corfu, Fernando ^a   Roberts, R James ^b   Torsvik, Trond H ^b,c,d   Ashwal, Lewis D ^b   Ramsay, Donald M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GONDWANA; MAGMATISM; NAPPE; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

BALTIC SHIELD; CALEDONIDES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34250765735     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/02.2007.05     Document Type: Article

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