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Roberts,D. & Gee,D. 1985. An introduction to the structure of the
Scandinavian Caledonides. In Gee, D. G., and Sturt, B. A., eds. The Caledonide Orogen – Scandinavia and related areas.John Wiley and Sons, Chichester,
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This vertically stacked sequence thus represents the passive margins of
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215:Effects of active tectonics on lithostratigraphy
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160:Uppermost allochthon
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153:ophiolitic
149:island arc
106:allochthon
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342:Tectonics
259:post-rift
194:to lower
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155:sequences
135:psammitic
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273:See also
244:syn-rift
229:pre-rift
289:Terrane
118:Rodinia
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308:55–68.
237:faults
233:facies
200:Eocene
104:Lower
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257:The
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