Abstract:Summary In a polemical paper, Dr. O. Kulling has invited the author to give his opinion as to the nappe-structure of the Caledonides, especially in respect of the Västerbotten area of Sweden. In the f...Summary In a polemical paper, Dr. O. Kulling has invited the author to give his opinion as to the nappe-structure of the Caledonides, especially in respect of the Västerbotten area of Sweden. In the following pages the author shows that the nappe-tectonics advanced by him for the central parts of Jemtland has obviously been adopted by Kulling in such a way, however, that the name Olden nappe (Oldenskollan) has been replaced by a new name, the »Blaik nappe», and A. G. Högbom's old name, the Offerdal nappe, has been replaced by a new name, the »Stalon nappe». In his efforts to divide the eastern marginal zone of the Caledonides according to the scheme adopted, Dr. Kulling falls into the blunder of confusing the real allochthonous parts of the great »quartzite nappe» (the southern »Ström-quartzite nappe») with autochthonous parts of the Eocambrian series of quartzites, slates, tillites, and sparagmites, and thus neither the »Blaik nappe» nor the »Stalon nappe» can be maintained as logical conceptions of a thrust-structure. The author emphasizes that the use of the »Blaik nappe» and the »Stalon nappe» in the geological mapping of the northern part of the Swedish Caledonides cannot be continued.Read More
Publication Year: 1951
Publication Date: 1951-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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