Tectonostratigraphic position of the Finnish Caledonides at the Fennoscandian margin of the northern Scandes

• Published in: Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
• Main Author: J.J. Lehtovaara
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of Finland 1989
• Subjects: stratigraphy; tectonics; correlation; metamorphic rocks; nappe; Caledonides; Paleozoic; Enontekiö; Finland; Geology; QE1-996.5; Kalak; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17741/bgsf/61.2.004; https://doaj.org/article/4304dca2c7f34fd7863851b669e8c87a

The Finnish Caledonides consist of the lower structural units characteristic of much of the northern Scandes, whose foreland is now known to be Archaean throughout its extension in Finland. The autochthonous Dividal sedimentary rocks pass very gradually into the somewhat overthrust Jerta rocks. Thes...