Tectonic reconstruction and sediment provenance of a far-travelled oceanic nappe, helgeland nappe complex, West-Central Norway

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 583-602

  Mcarthur, Kelsey L ^a   Frost, Carol D ^a   Barnes, Calvin G ^b   Prestvik, Tore ^c   Nordgulen, øystein ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Geological Survey   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BASEMENT ROCK; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; NAPPE; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CALEDONIDES; NORWAY;

EID: 84897932299     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP390.3     Document Type: Article

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