The structure and regional setting of the Skei Group, Leka, north-central Norway

• Main Authors: Sturt, Brian A., Ramsay, Donald M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: STRATIGRAFI; OMDANNING; FOLDNING; OFIOLITT; TEKTONIKK; Austra; Helgeland; Leka; Norway; Skei
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2674185

The unconformity between the metasedimentary Skei Group and subjacent ophiolite on Leka has important implications for the tectonostratigraphy of the region. As a distinctive marker horizon, it permits correlations within and between nappes and provides a datum level on which to establish lithostrat...