Tectonomagmatic evolution of the Early Ordovician suprasubduction-zone ophiolites of the Trondheim Region, Mid-Norwegian Caledonides

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 541-561

  Slagstad, Trond ^a   Pin, Christian ^b   Roberts, David ^a   Kirkland, Christopher L ^c   Grenne, Tor ^a   Dunning, Greg ^d   Sauer, Simone ^a,e   Andersen, Tom ^f  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CALEDONIDES; NORWAY; SOR TRONDELAG; TRONDHEIM;

EID: 84897940404     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP390.11     Document Type: Article

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