The grenvillian-sveconorwegian orogeny in fennoscandia: Back-thrusting and extensional shearing along the "mylonite zone"

Precambrian Research

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 368-388

  Viola, G ^a,b   Henderson, I H C ^a   Bingen, B ^a   Hendriks, B W H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Core complex; Crustal extension; Exhumation; Nappe stacking; Structural analysis; Sveconorwegian orogen

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; MYLONITE; NAPPE; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 80052720787     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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