The caledonides of Greenland, Svalbard and other Arctic areas: Status of research and open questions

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-129

  Gasser, D ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARCTIC; CALEDONIDES; GREENLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84897930159     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP390.17     Document Type: Article

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