Attempted break-up of Rodinia at 850 Ma: geochronological evidence from the Seve-Kalak Superterrane, Scandinavian Caledonides

• Main Authors: Paulsson, Oskar, Andréasson, Per-Gunnar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of London 2002
• Subjects: Geology; Neoproterozoic; Scandinavia; Caledonides; Rodinia; rifting; ion probe; Kalak; Taimyr; Siberia
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/324184

Lower thrust sheets of the Scandinavian Caledonides derive from the margin of Baltica, which was imbricated during Early Palaeozoic closure of oceans formed during separation of the Baltica, Laurentia and Siberia cratons. At Vistas (Kebnekaise Mts), the Seve Nappe Complex preserves rare lenses of a...