Neoarchaean to svecofennian tectono-magmatic evolution of the West Troms Basement complex, North Norway

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 21-48

  Bergh, Steffen G ^a   Kullerud, Kåre ^a   Armitage, Paul E B ^c   Zwaan, Klaas Bouke ^d   Corfu, Fernando ^b   Ravna, Erling J K ^a   Myhre, Per Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Geological Survey of Norway ^*  (Greenland)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; COASTAL ZONE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DIKE SWARM; GNEISS; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS ROCK; MAGMATISM; SVECOFENNIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TONALITE;

NORWAY;

EID: 77952965588     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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