Early Ordovician to Silurian evolution of exotic terranes in the scandinavian caledonides of the Ofoten-Troms area-terrane characterization and correlation based on new U-Pb zircon ages and Lu-Hf isotopic data

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 655-678

  Augland, Lars E ^a,b   Andresen, Arild ^a   Gasser, Deta ^c   Steltenpohl, Mark G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; NAPPE; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CALEDONIDES; NORDLAND; NORWAY; OFOTFJORDEN; TROMS;

EID: 84897950265     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP390.19     Document Type: Article

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