A preliminary study of Lofoten as a potential World Heritage Site based on natural criteria

(Forkortet)\rThe geology of the Lofoten region has been described with the aim of assessing whether or not the area would qualify as a candidate for the World Heritage List based on its natural properties.\rThe Lofoten archipelago consists mainly of Palaeoproterozoic rocks, including paragneisses an...

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Main Authors: Olesen, Odleiv, Longva, Oddvar, Bargel, Terje, Nordgulen, Øystein, Ottesen, Dag
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
FJORD
BRE
GEOFYSIKK
GEOMORFOLOGI
Lofoten
Moskenes
Røst
Vågan
Vesterålen
Vestvågøy
Værøy
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2664958
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Summary:(Forkortet)\rThe geology of the Lofoten region has been described with the aim of assessing whether or not the area would qualify as a candidate for the World Heritage List based on its natural properties.\rThe Lofoten archipelago consists mainly of Palaeoproterozoic rocks, including paragneisses and younger plutons (ca 1800 Ma) of the anorthosite-mangerite-charnokite-granite (AMCG) suite. The Precambiran basement of the Lofoten and the adjoining Vesterålen islands is part of a NNE-trending basement high that is overlain to the east by a stack of allochthonous nappes occupying the central axis of the Scandinavian Caledonides. 52637

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