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Åmål amphibolite Antiform Åre Åreskutan autochthonous basic black shales Caledonian Front Caledonides Cambrian central Sweden composed conglomerates deformation deglaciation deposits dikes dolerites dominated folding foliation formation Frietsch gabbro Gavelin Geijer Geological gneisses Gorbatschev granite greenschist facies greywackes Group intrusions Jämtland County Jämtland Supergroup Kallsjön Kiruna Köli Kulling Late Precambrian leptites locally Lower Allochthon Lundegårdh Lundqvist Magnusson massif metamorphic metasediments metavolcanics Middle Allochthon migmatites minerals Mullfjället mylonites Nappe Nappe Complex Norrbotten County northern Jämtland Norway occur Offerdal Nappe Ordovician Ordovician limestones orogenic Östersund Ottfjället overlain overlying parautochthonous pegmatites phyllites porphyries Precambrian primorogenic quartz quartzites Rb/Sr region Revsund granite Särv Nappe schists sedimentary sediments sequence serorogenic Seve Nappes shales Silurian skarn Skellefte Småland south-western Sweden southern Storsjön stratigraphy Strömberg supracrustal rocks Svecokarelian orogenic SW-Swedish gneisses Sweden syenites Sylarna Synform tectonic units thick Thorslund thrust Törnebohm Upper Allochthon Västerbotten County volcanics Welin western westwards Zachrisson zone