Structural geology of the southeastern part of the Trollfjorden-Komagelva Fault Zone, Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, North Norway

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-325

  Herrevold, Tore ^a   Gabrielsen, Roy H ^b   Roberts, David ^c  

^a University of Oslo ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE; DEFORMATION; DIKE; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; NORMAL FAULT; OROGENY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FINNMARK; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; RYBACHI PENINSULA; SREDNI PENINSULA; VARANGER PENINSULA;

EID: 76349095821     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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