The Scandinavian mountains have not persisted since the Caledonian orogeny. A comment on Nielsen et al. (2009a)

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-101

  Chalmers, J A ^a   Green, P ^b   Japsen, P ^a   Rasmussen, E S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Elevated passive continental margins; Falsification of hypotheses; Isostasy; Neogene uplift; Scandinavian mountains

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXHUMATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOSTASY; NEOGENE; SILURIAN; UPLIFT;

NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 77955579325     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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