Baltoscandian margin, Sveconorwegian crust lost by subduction during Caledonian collisional orogeny

• Main Authors: Gee, David G., Per-Gunnar Andréasson, Li, Yuan, Krill, Allan
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
• Subjects: Medicine; Physiology; FOS Biological sciences; Evolutionary Biology; 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ecology; Sociology; FOS Sociology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Computational Biology; Kalak; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4004367.v1; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Baltoscandian_margin_Sveconorwegian_crust_lost_by_subduction_during_Caledonian_collisional_orogeny/4004367/1

Underthrusting of Laurentia by the continental margin of Baltica during Caledonian orogeny resulted in the lateral emplacement of Iapetus Ocean-related terranes of the Upper Allochthon at least 500 km onto Baltica. The underlying Lower and Middle allochthons of the Baltoscandian margin mostly compri...