A preliminary study of Lofoten as a potential World Heritage Site based on natural criteria
NGU-RAPPORT
2005.086
Publikasjonstype
Utgivelsesår
2005
ISSN
0800-3416
Prosjektnr
312200
Summary
(Forkortet)
The geology of the Lofoten region has been described with the aim of assessing whether or not the area would qualify as a candidate for the World Heritage List based on its natural properties.
The Lofoten archipelago consists mainly of Palaeoproterozoic rocks, including paragneisses and younger plutons (ca 1800 Ma) of the anorthosite-mangerite-charnokite-granite (AMCG) suite. The Precambiran basement of the Lofoten and the adjoining Vesterålen islands is part of a NNE-trending basement high that is overlain to the east by a stack of allochthonous nappes occupying the central axis of the Scandinavian Caledonides.
The geology of the Lofoten region has been described with the aim of assessing whether or not the area would qualify as a candidate for the World Heritage List based on its natural properties.
The Lofoten archipelago consists mainly of Palaeoproterozoic rocks, including paragneisses and younger plutons (ca 1800 Ma) of the anorthosite-mangerite-charnokite-granite (AMCG) suite. The Precambiran basement of the Lofoten and the adjoining Vesterålen islands is part of a NNE-trending basement high that is overlain to the east by a stack of allochthonous nappes occupying the central axis of the Scandinavian Caledonides.
Forfattere
Nordgulen, Øystein
Bargel, Terje
Longva, Oddvar
Olesen, Odleiv
Ottesen, Dag
Kommune
VÆRØY
RØST
VÅGAN
VESTVÅGØY
FLAKSTAD
MOSKENES
Fylke
NORDLAND
Tilgjengelig
NGU-biblioteket
Prosjekt
Lofoten; geofaglig vurdering av verdensarvområde