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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-117-2019
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Research article
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17 Jan 2019
Research article |
| 17 Jan 2019
| 17 Jan 2019
Anticlockwise metamorphic pressure–temperature paths and nappe stacking in the Reisa Nappe Complex in the Scandinavian Caledonides, northern Norway: evidence for weakening of lower continental crust before and during continental collision
Carly Faber
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway,
Tromsø 9037, Norway
Holger Stünitz
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway,
Tromsø 9037, Norway
Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTO),
Université d'Orleans, Orleans 45100, France
Deta Gasser
Western Norway
University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal 6851, Norway
Geological
Survey of Norway, Trondheim 7491, Norway
Petr Jeřábek
IPSG, Faculty of Science,
Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 43, Prague 2, Czech Republic
Katrin Kraus
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway,
Tromsø 9037, Norway
Fernando Corfu
Department of Geosciences and Centre for Earth Evolution and
Dynamics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Erling K. Ravna
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway,
Tromsø 9037, Norway
Jiří Konopásek
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway,
Tromsø 9037, Norway
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- Structural and metamorphic inheritance controls strain partitioning during orogenic shortening (Kalak Nappe Complex, Norwegian Caledonides) A. Ceccato et al.
- Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous structural control on rift basin evolution in NE Greenland P. Klitzke et al.
- A Cautionary Tale About Not ‘Joining the Dots’ to Infer Anticlockwise P‐T Paths O. Weller et al.
- Reconstructing the tectonic evolution of the Mudanjiang Ocean: Metamorphic insights from the Heilongjiang Complex, NE China G. Sun et al.
- An anticlockwise P–T–t path at high‐pressure, high‐temperature conditions for a migmatitic gneiss from the island of Fjørtoft, Western Gneiss Region, Norway, indicates two burial events during the Caledonian orogeny P. Liu & H. Massonne
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- In situ garnet Lu–Hf geochronology and constraints on metamorphism in the northernmost Norwegian Caledonides C. Kirkland et al.
- Partial melting and reaction along deformation features in plagioclase S. Incel et al.
- Precambrian and Caledonian basement inheritance on the Finnmark Platform (Norwegian Barents Sea): insights from high-resolution aeromagnetic data L. Gernigon et al.
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- Punctuated geochronology within a sustained high-temperature thermal regime in the southeastern Gawler Craton M. Bockmann et al.
- Silurian‐Devonian Lithospheric Thinning and Thermally Softening Along the Northern Margin of the Tarim Craton: Geological Mapping, Petro‐Structural Analysis and Geochronological Constraints J. Ning et al.
- Influence of a rigid backstop on the flow pattern during thrusting of the supracrustal Balsfjord Series of the North Norwegian Caledonides S. Höpfl et al.
- Grain-scale feedback between deformation mechanisms and metamorphic reactions: Dissolution-precipitation processes in the lower crust (Kågen gabbros) L. Mérit et al.
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- Apatite and biotite thermochronometers help explain an Arctic Caledonide inverted metamorphic gradient C. Kirkland et al.
- Structural and metamorphic inheritance controls strain partitioning during orogenic shortening (Kalak Nappe Complex, Norwegian Caledonides) A. Ceccato et al.
- Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous structural control on rift basin evolution in NE Greenland P. Klitzke et al.
- A Cautionary Tale About Not ‘Joining the Dots’ to Infer Anticlockwise P‐T Paths O. Weller et al.
- Reconstructing the tectonic evolution of the Mudanjiang Ocean: Metamorphic insights from the Heilongjiang Complex, NE China G. Sun et al.
- An anticlockwise P–T–t path at high‐pressure, high‐temperature conditions for a migmatitic gneiss from the island of Fjørtoft, Western Gneiss Region, Norway, indicates two burial events during the Caledonian orogeny P. Liu & H. Massonne
- Coesite-bearing garnet xenocrysts from diatexite in the Nordøyane domain, Western Gneiss Region, Norway: implications for eclogite-melt interaction at ultra-high pressure R. Jamieson et al.
- Caledonian reactivation and reworking of Timanian thrust systems and implications for latest Mesoproterozoic to mid-Paleozoic tectonics and magmatism in northern Baltica J. Koehl & E. Stokmo
- Protracted Shearing at Midcrustal Conditions During Large‐Scale Thrusting in the Scandinavian Caledonides F. Giuntoli et al.
- Caledonian reactivation and reworking of Timanian thrust systems and implications for latest Mesoproterozoic to mid-Paleozoic tectonics and magmatism in northern Baltica J. Koehl & E. Stokmo
- In situ garnet Lu–Hf geochronology and constraints on metamorphism in the northernmost Norwegian Caledonides C. Kirkland et al.
- Partial melting and reaction along deformation features in plagioclase S. Incel et al.
- Precambrian and Caledonian basement inheritance on the Finnmark Platform (Norwegian Barents Sea): insights from high-resolution aeromagnetic data L. Gernigon et al.
- Mechanisms and durations of metamorphic garnet crystallization in the lower nappes of the Caledonian Kalak Nappe Complex, Arctic Norway M. Yogi et al.
- The Lyngen Magmatic Complex ophiolite: preservation of pre- and syn-collisional structures and implications for the nappe thrusting sequence in the Northern Norwegian Caledonides M. Galindos-Alfarache et al.
- Dissolution precipitation creep as a process for the strain localisation in mafic rocks A. Lee et al.
- Punctuated geochronology within a sustained high-temperature thermal regime in the southeastern Gawler Craton M. Bockmann et al.
- Silurian‐Devonian Lithospheric Thinning and Thermally Softening Along the Northern Margin of the Tarim Craton: Geological Mapping, Petro‐Structural Analysis and Geochronological Constraints J. Ning et al.
- Influence of a rigid backstop on the flow pattern during thrusting of the supracrustal Balsfjord Series of the North Norwegian Caledonides S. Höpfl et al.
- Grain-scale feedback between deformation mechanisms and metamorphic reactions: Dissolution-precipitation processes in the lower crust (Kågen gabbros) L. Mérit et al.
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Short summary
The Caledonian mountains formed when Baltica and Laurentia collided around 450–400 million years ago. This work describes the history of the rocks and the dynamics of that continental collision through space and time using field mapping, estimated pressures and temperatures, and age dating on rocks from northern Norway. The rocks preserve continental collision between 440–430 million years ago, and an unusual pressure–temperature evolution suggests unusual tectonic activity prior to collision.
The Caledonian mountains formed when Baltica and Laurentia collided around 450–400 million years...
