Solitary mantle peridotite bodies in Stølsheimen, Central South Norway

• Main Author: Enger, Anders Stanes
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: geology; mantle; peridotites; hyperextension; Bergsdalen; Blackwall; Norway; Rauberget; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/50179; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-53839

In the last few years the tectonostratigraphic model of the Caledonides has been revised, to account for among others the melange unit discussed in this thesis. This unit, which in the past have been overlooked, consist of deep marine schists, Alpine-type meta-peridotites, soapstone, serpentinites,...