The Beiarn Nappe Complex: A record of Laurentian Early Silurian arc magmatism in the Uppermost Allochthon, Scandinavian Caledonides

Lithos

Volumn 146-147, Issue , 2012, Pages 233-252

  Augland, Lars Eivind ^a   Andresen, Arild ^a   Corfu, Fernando ^a   Simonsen, Siri L ^a   Andersen, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arc magmatism; Caledonides; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Hf isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AMPHIBOLITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS ROCK; LAURENTIA; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; NAPPE; PLUTON; SCHIST; SILURIAN; TERRANE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CALEDONIDES; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84862169107     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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