The tectonic evolution of northwest Svalbard

Svalbard represents the uplifted and exhumed northwest corner of the Barents Sea Shelf. Pre-Carboniferous rocks of Svalbard are divided into the Eastern, Northwestern and Southwestern Terranes, were amalgamated during the Caledonian Orogen and are separated by north-south-trending strike-slip faults...

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Main Author: Pettersson, Carl Henrik
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper 2010
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-39364
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