Belomorids

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As Belomoriden in is geology a orogenetischer area in the northeast of the Baltic Shield , respectively. The zone forms within the Saamids , in the area of ​​the White Sea , a zone within which the Archean Basement experienced an orogenetic reactivation about 2 billion years ago.

geology

The Belomorids consist of highly metamorphic gneisses , mica schists , quartzites and amphibolites . The Lapland granulites also belong to this zone .

literature

  • Peter Faupl: Historical Geology. An introduction (= UTB . 2149). 2nd, improved edition. facultas wuv, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-8252-2149-0 .