Moraine as a source of gold in stream sediments and the relationship to a Shear Zone in the Rombak-Skjomen area of Norway

• Main Author: Whitehead, David
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Life Earth Science; Orogenic gold; moraine sampling; Rombak basement window; svecokarelian orogeny; Fennoscandian shield; Bio- och geovetenskaper; Norway; Rombak; Skjomen; Fennoscandia; Fennoscandian; Northern Norway; Northern Sweden; Norrbotten
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-42062

The Rombak-Skjomen area of northern Norway consists of a c.2.3-1.78 Ga Proterozoic basement window overlain by Phanerozoic metamorphosed sedimentary rocks from the Caledonian Orogeny. The window consists of volcanic arc and sedimentary rocks deformed during the Svecokarelian Orogeny when the area wa...