Late-orogenic Sveconorwegian massif anorthosite in the Jotun Nappe Complex, SW Norway, and causes of repeated AMCG magmatism along the Baltoscandian margin

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-163

  Lundmark, A Mattias ^a   Corfu, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

AMCG; Caledonides; Massif anorthosite; Sveconorwegian; SW Norway; U Pbgeochronology

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; LEUCOSOME; MAGMATISM; NAPPE; SHEAR ZONE; SVECOFENNIAN OROGENY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 37549014099     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0233-5     Document Type: Article

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