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PROF. J. TUZO WILSON et al.1 have given an outline of the European Caledonian and Hercynian mountains. Regarding the Scandinavian Caledonian chain these authors mention that secondary arcs can readily be made out in Sweden, and that igneous rocks of primary arcs are exposed in the Lofoten Islands off Norway.
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HERNES, I. Primary and Secondary Arcs in the Scandinavian Caledonian Chain. Nature 200, 1308–1309 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001308c0
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