Evidence for simultaneous contraction and extension at different crustal levels during the Caledonian orogeny in NE Greenland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 869-880

  Andresen, Arild ^a   Rehnstrom E F ^a   Holte, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CONTRACTION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CALEDONIDES; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34547185968     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492005-056     Document Type: Article

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