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Peridotite from
Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Locality type:Valley
Classification
Type:Peridotite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Enstatite3
Clinochlore3
- var Chromium-bearing Clinochlore 3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Peridotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1310407
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1310407:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Peridotite in this Region
Eikremsæterfoss eclogite, Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Rødhaugen, Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Nearest other occurrences of Peridotite
2.3km (1.4 miles) Eikremsæterfoss eclogite, Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
2.4km (1.5 miles) Rødhaugen, Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
23.3km (14.5 miles) Sandvik peridotite, Gurskøya, Sande, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
82.0km (51.0 miles) Kvalvika, Flemsøya-Skuløya, Haram, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
85.5km (53.1 miles) Bardane, Fjørtofta, Haram, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
95.1km (59.1 miles) Uglvik peridotite body, Uglvik, Otrøya, Midsund, Molde, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Norway N-7441 Trondheim, Norway Tel.: 47 73 90 40 00 Telefax 47 73 92 16 20 REPORT...Excursions in the Nordfjord – Stadtlandet – Almklovdalen Area Authors: Client: D.A. Carswell, S. J...by E. A. Eide County: NGU Commune: Møre og Romsdal; Sogn og Fjordane Map-sheet name (M=1:250.000)...excursions conducted during the Alice Wain Memorial West Norway Eclogite Field Symposium held in Selje from June...peridotites that outcrop in the coastal region of west Norway between Bergen and Trondheim. These occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Geology, UniÕersity of Tromsø, Tromsø 9000, Norway d Department of Earth Sciences, UniÕersity of Oxford...crude linear array in the P–T plane defined by peridotite samples may be, in part, an artifact of errors...province’’ in the Stadlandet area of coastal SW Norway ŽFig. 1.. Subsequently, Wain Ž1997a; b. expanded...approximately 5 = 10 4 km2 along the coast of southwest Norway between Bergen and Trondheim ŽFig. 1.. The WGR...facies metamorphism. M — Maløy; Mo— Molde; R — Romsdal; S — Stryn; F — Førde; D — Dalsfjord. ˚ Location
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dunite Relationships in Garnet Peridotite at Kalskaret near Tafjord, South Norway D. A. CA~swm5,* Grant Institute...metamorphism in deep levels of the crust of other peridotite mineral facies assemblages is considered and...processes in the upper mantle. The KMskaret garnet peridotite occurrence is considered to represent a ease... tl 12 13kin Fig. 1. Map showing the main peridotite outcrops in the Tafjord district. Inset map shows...district with respect to the south-western seaboard of Norway B. Outline o] the Problem under Investigation The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
classic eclogite-facies rocks of western south Norway described by Eskola (1921) formed from several...peridotites) that occur as lenses within large peridotite bodies. The eclogite-facies metamorphism that...eclogite-facies rocks within the Caledonian Orogenic Belt of Norway. These data suggest that the "country rock eclogites"...(Holtedahl, 1944) of the Caledonides of southwestern Norway (Fig. 1). The study of these rocks has historically...map of the Basal Gneiss Complex of southwestern Norway showing distribution of ultramafic rock (circle)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
POSSIBLE PRI1ViARY UPPER MANTLE PERIDOTITE IN NORWEGIAN BASAL GNEISS D.A. C A R S W E I . I , CARS~...VELL,D.A. 1968: Possible primary upper mantle peridotite in Norwegian basal gneiss. Lithos I, 322-355...garnet peridotites at the nearby Kalskaret and Almklovdalen localities. Instead they show striking mineralogical...hypothesis that the earth's mantle is largely of peridotite composition. Likely mantle compositions (Table...respectively (Ringwood 1966), indicate that this mantle peridotite is expected to have low but significant amounts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pressure domain of the Western Gneiss Region, SW Norway HERMAN VAN ROERMUND* Department of Earth Sciences...pressure terrane of the Western Gneiss Region, SW Norway. Their mantle and crustal evolution is fundamentally...geothermobarometric techniques. Key-words: mantle-wedge garnet peridotite, crustal and mantle evolution, subduction zone...majoritic garnet, Scandinavian Caledonides, WGR, Norway. 1. Introduction (2000), followed by Zhang et...orogenic peridotites (mantle rocks, including garnet peridotite). In their models deep-level ductile imbrication
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISTRIBUTION IN BASIC AND ULTRABASIC ROCKS FROM WEST NORWAY L.B. GARMANN, A.O. BRUNFELT, K.G. FINSTAD and...S. HEIER Mineralogical-Geological Museum, Oslo (Norway) (Accepted for publication February 4, 1975) ABSTRACT...distribution in basic and ultrabasic rocks from west Norway. Chem. Geol., 15: 103--116. Samples of ten eclogites...eclogites in gneiss, one eclogite in dunite-peridotite, three dunites and four garnet- and dunite-peridotites...dunite-peridotites from the Nordfjord-Molde area, west Norway were analysed for La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Yb and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GARNETIFEROUS peridotite masses which occur among gneisses in the Tafjord district of Norway are cold intrusions...from the Tafjord and Almklovdalen districts of Norway, a garnetiferous peridotite mass near Bellinzona...Bellinzona, Switzerland, and the garnet-peridotite inclusions in the kimberlite pipes of South Africa. Optical...peridotites and the peridotite nodules in basalts. The garnet-peridotites of Norway, Switzerland and South...altered fragments of the mantle, whereas the peridotite nodules in basalts and the alpine-type peridotites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
microstructures in garnet from the Almklovdalen peridotite, SW Norway Dirk Spengler, Herman L.M. van Roermund...microstructures in garnet from the Almklovdalen peridotite, SW Norway, LITHOS, https:// doi.org/10.1016/j...microstructures in garnet from the Almklovdalen peri- 3 dotite, SW Norway 4 Dirk Spengler, Herman L. M...Roermund, Franziska Scheffler 5 6 7 8 9 10 • Almklovdalen majoritic garnet precursors imply Archaean crystallisation...destroyed most exsolution textures • Several garnet peridotite bodies across the WGR share a common origin and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Exposed Peridotites in the Western Gneiss Region, Norway 1 ARC NATIONAL KEY CENTRE FOR GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION...localities in the Western Gneiss Region (WGR) of western Norway; garnet peridotites typically occur as discrete...and eclogites. The dunites of the large Almklovdalen peridotite body have extremely depleted compositions...mantle; Western Gneiss Region, Norway; mantle metasomatism; garnet peridotite *Corresponding author. E-mail:...E-mail: ebeyer@els.mq.edu.au INTRODUCTION Peridotite bodies occur within many high-pressure (HP) and ultrahigh-pressure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
garnet peridotites in the Western Gneiss Region of Norway L.G. Medaris, Jr. Department of Geology and Geophysics...In the Western Gneiss Region of Norway are found numerous peridotite lenses which have been extensively...number of localities in Europe, including western Norway, the Bohemian massif, the Lepontine Alps, Ronda...peridotites have emerged from studies of these rocks in Norway, where peridotites, locally garnetiferous, are...O'Hara (1965a, b) at Almklovdalen and Kalskaret, Lappin (1966) at Almklovdalen, and Carswell (1968a,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
garnet peridotite EUAN W. MEARNS Mineralogisk-Geologisk Museum, Sars Gate 1, 0562, N Oslo 5 {Norway) LITHOS... E.W., 1986. Sm-Nd ages for Norwegian garnet peridotite. In: W.L. Griffin (Editor), Second International...ga-WR-cpx from garnet lherzolite in Almklovdalen, western Norway, define an isochron with age of 1703...mantle curve. Garnet websterite from the same peridotite body falls close to the lherzolite isochron....1703 Ma is interpreted to date formation of the peridotite body and crystallisation of the garnet-bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sediments and bedrocks from the Almklovdalen area, Western Gneiss Region, SW Norway: Implications for provenance...geochemistry Compositional biplot Provenance Almklovdalen peridotite massif a b s t r a c t Detrital heavy...catchment area draining the Almklovdalen peridotite massif in SW Norway reveal that a wider grain size...avoid misleading interpretations. The Almklovdalen peridotite massif consists mainly of dunite and harzburgite...rocks in the high-grade metamorphic Almklovdalen area in SW Norway to study to what extent the heavy mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from peridotites in the Western Gneiss Region (Norway): implications for mantle seismic anisotropy Q...were investigated by an integrated study on 13 peridotite samples from four areas in the Western Gneiss...dunites from the HP central WGR (the Gurskøy, Almklovdalen and Tafjord areas) show the A-type olivine fabric...sheared HP garnet peridotites and dunites from the Almklovdalen and Tafjord areas, suggesting the dominant activation...2008), it is noteworthy that some orogenic garnet peridotite bodies from UHP metamorphic terranes display
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Accepted Manuscript Eclogites in peridotite massifs in the Western Gneiss Region, Scandinavian Caledonides:...William L. Griffin, Marian Janák , Eclogites in peridotite massifs in the Western Gneiss Region, Scandinavian...journal pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Eclogites in peridotite massifs in the Western Gneiss Region, Scandinavian...minor, but petrologically important, features of peridotite massifs worldwide. In the Western Gneiss Region...Scandinavian T Caledonides, eclogites in the Almklovdalen and Raubergvik peridotites originated as basaltic
Book
orogenic peridotite and other high grade metamorphics of the northern UHP domain, WGR, Norway: When and............................... 12 2.1.4 Garnet peridotite in the northern UHP domain of the WGR............ 26 3.1.1 Part I: Svartberget Fe–Ti garnet peridotite/pyroxenite near Tornes................. 26 3...Part II: Ugelvik and Raudhaugene Mg–Cr garnet peridotite on Otrøy ............. 26 3.2 Mainland ........Introduction to the Svartberget Fe–Ti garnet peridotite/pyroxenite ................. 27 3.2.2 Detailed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogisk-Geologisk Museum, Sarsgate 1, N-Oslo 5, Norway. *Present address: Department of Geology, University...D' in Fig. 1). Most of these are found in north Norway, especially east of Seiland, although some occur...'peridotites and serpentinites' on the geologic map of Norway (Holtedahl & Dons 1960). Brief and usually inadequate...LITHOS 10 (1977) "0 SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGICALMAP OF NORWAY SHOWING THE TYPE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SOME ALPINE-TYPE.... . . . . . . J Simplified geological map of Norway showing the type and distribution of the alpine-type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BRUECKNER’ 1Mineralogisk-Geologisk Museum, Oslo 5 (Norway) z Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences...= 0.7034. The eclogite-forming event in western Norway was apparently part of the Caledonian continent-continent...processes. In the Western Gneiss Region (WGR) of Norway, eclogites occur in two general settings: (1) lenses... o.ot 0.01 III La Ce III grit-wehrlite Almklovdalen cpx . ID dNAA gnt olD n NAA IIll Pr Nd Sm Eu...comparable to the peridotites, and plots within the peridotite range. U-19 has similar mineral compositions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The mantle and crustal evolution of two garnet peridotite suites from the Western Gneiss Region, Norwegian...Available online 2 February 2010 Keywords: Orogenic peridotite Sm–Nd dating Sr–Nd isotopes Western Gneiss Region...All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Orogenic peridotite bodies are components of metamorphic terranes...terranes in most major mountain systems. Some peridotite lenses contain (or contained) garnet-bearing assemblages...examples are the peridotite bodies of the Western Gneiss Region (WGR) of southwestern Norway (Fig. 1). Many
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chlorite peridotites from Almklovdalen in the Western Gneiss Region, southwest Norway, and implications for...chlorite peridotites from Almklovdalen in the Western Gneiss Region, southwest Norway, and implications for...chlorite peridotites from Almklovdalen in the Western Gneiss Region, southwest Norway, and implications for...June 2014) Chlorite peridotites from Almklovdalen in southwest Norway were studied to understand the deformation...from Otrøy Island, in the Western Gneiss Region in Norway. Skemer et al. (2006) found the B-type olivine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alpine-type bodies within the Western Gneiss Region of Norway have had a prolonged, 7-stage, evolutionary history...contrasted types of garnet peridotite bodies occur within the Western Gneiss Region of Norway (Carswell et al....1985). By contrast the Mg-Cr type garnetiferous peridotite assemblages occur as sporadically preserved layers...(forsteritic olivine dominated), Alpine-type peridotite bodies. Occurrences of such garnet peridotites...majority of these authors has interpreted such peridotite bodies to comprise tectonically intercalated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NICKEL IN SOME BASIC AND ULTRABASIC ROCKS FROM WEST NORWAY L.B. GARMANN, A.O. BRUNFELT and K.S. HEIER M...Mineralogical-Geological Museum, Oslo (Norway) (Received November 26, 1975; accepted for publication February...nickel in some basic and ultrabasie rocks from west Norway. Chem. Geol., 18: 49--53. Sixteen eclogites and...and ultrabasic rock samples from west Norway have been analyzed for Sc, Cr, Fe, Co and Ni by instrumental...from 180 to 700 ppm. An eclogite surrounded by a peridotite body shows nearly the same content of Sc and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contact and Fracture Uhramafic Assemblages from Norway: Rb--Sr Evidence for Crustal Contamination* Hannes...Basal Gneiss Complex of the Caledonides of southern Norway. Minerals from anhydrous assemblages that occur...~------'~'~- ~_~p(-~o~--~-x}. o To.fjord Almklovdalen~.. o o ~ " : : ' . " : . ' "".' 1 : '-',-.'...map of the Basal Gneiss Complex of southwestern Norway showing the disgribution of ultramafic rocks ratios...and chlorite-bearing vein within the Kalskaret peridotite at Tafjord (Fig. 1). They suggest that the actual
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
subduction metasomatism porphyry deposits garnet peridotite oxygen fugacity a b s t r a c t At convergent...garnet peridotites from the Western Gneiss Region of Norway, sampling mantle wedge from ∼100 to ∼250 km depth...garnet peridotites from the Western Gneiss Region of Norway. Samples were selected to represent the alteration...Baltica, and the Western Gneiss Region (WGR) of Norway provides a tectonic window exposing the Baltican...this pile (Roberts, 2003). The WGR hosts several peridotite bodies that were incorporated into subducting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CARSTENS Norges geologiske undersokelse, Trondheim, Norway Received September 4, 1969 The dislocation structures...localities in Norway: Uglvik on Oteroy (Carswell, 1968a; Hysingjord, 1968), Almklovdalen (l~ost 1961,... Cell structure of pyrope crystal from Oteroy, Norway. The cells are quite sharply defined but there...representing the more advanced stage. In the Oteroy peridotite, cell structures appear to be present in most...Czech types, in contrast to the peridotite at Kalskaret and Almklovdalen represent compositionally unmodified
 
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