Low-grade sedimentary rocks on Vanna, North Norway: A new occurrence of a Palaeoproterozoic (2.4-2.2 Ga) cover succession in northern Fennoscandia

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-318

  Bergh, Steffen G ^a   Kullerud, Kåre ^a   Corfu, Fernando ^b   Armitage, Paul E B ^c   Davidsen, Børre ^d   Johansen, Helge W ^a   Pettersen, Trine ^a   Knudsen, Stian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALLOCHTHON; ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; DEFORMATION; DIORITE; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SEDIMENTATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADIAN SHIELD; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 51849143868     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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