Normal faulting and block tilting in Lofoten and Vesterålen constrained by Apatite Fission Track data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 485, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 154-163

  Hendriks, B W H ^a   Osmundsen, P T ^a   Redfield, T F ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apatite Fission Track; Geomorphology; Lofoten; Normal faulting; Norway; Vester len

Indexed keywords

APATITE FISSION TRACK; APATITE FISSION TRACKS; CENOZOIC; FAULT ZONE; FIELD DATA; MESOZOIC; ONSHORE-OFFSHORE CORRELATION; REGIONAL SCALE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ANNEALING; APATITE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

FISSION REACTIONS;

APATITE; BLOCK ROTATION; CRETACEOUS; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TILT; UPLIFT;

LOFOTEN; NORDLAND; NORWAY; VESTERALEN;

EID: 77950596292     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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