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The geology of Norway encompasses the history of Earth that can be interpreted by rock types found in Norway, and the associated sedimentological history of soils and rock types. The Norwegian mountains were formed around 400 million years ago (Ma) during the Caledonian orogeny .
Geological Survey of Norway (Norwegian: Norges geologiske undersøkelse), abbreviation: NGU, is a Norwegian government agency responsible for geologic mapping and research. The agency is located in Trondheim with an office in Tromsø , with about 200 employees.
Pages in category "Geology of Norway" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Norway is a country located in Northern Europe in the northern and western parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula.The majority of the country borders water, including the Skagerrak inlet to the south, the North Sea to the southwest, the North Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west, and the Barents Sea to the north.
The geology of the Norwegian Sea began to form 60 million years ago in the early Cenozoic, as rifting led to the eruption of mafic oceanic crust, separating Scandinavia and Greenland. Together with the North Sea the Norwegian Sea has become highly researched since the 1960s with the discovery of oil and natural gas in thick offshore sediments ...
The Fen Complex (Norwegian: Fensfeltet) in Nome, Telemark, Norway is a region noted for an unusual suite of igneous rocks.Several varieties of carbonatite are present in the area as well as lamprophyre, ijolite and other highly alkalic rocks.
Geological formations of Norway. Subcategories. This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total. ...
The Nordfjord—Sogn Detachment (NSD) is a major extensional shear zone in Norway up to 6 km in thickness, which extends about 120 km along strike from Nordfjord to Sognefjord, bringing Devonian continental coarse clastic sedimentary rocks into close contact with eclogite facies metamorphic rocks of the Western Gneiss Region.