Transition between "Archaean-type" and "modern-type" tectonics: Insights from the Finnish Lapland Granulite Belt

• Published in: Precambrian Research
• Main Authors: Cagnard, Florence, Barbey, Pierre, Gapais, Denis
• Other Authors: Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM), Géosciences Rennes (GR), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre Armoricain de Recherches en Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sytèmes Tectoniques, Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre Armoricain de Recherches en Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: Collisional orogen; Accretionary orogen; Palaeoproterozoic; Lapland Granulite Belt; Finland; Lithospheric strength; Orogenic style; [SDU.STU.TE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Tectonics; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Inari; Karasjok; Northern Finland; Lapland
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00611755; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2011.02.007

International audience This paper discusses the exhumation history of Palaeoproterozoic high-grade units from the Lapland Granulite Belt (northern Finland) through a reappraisal of previous structural and metamorphic data and a new structural analysis. The Lapland Granulite Belt is located between t...