Introduction - The geology of Norway from its primeval origins to the present day, Ivar B. Ramberg, Inge Bryhni and Arvid Nottvedt
The changing face of the Earth - Geological processes, Johan Petter Nystuen
The Precambrian - The oldest rocks are formed; 4600-850 Ma(*) oystein, Nordgulen and Arild Andresen
Break-up of the Precambrian continent - Late Precambrian, from Precambrian to Palaeozoic; 850-542 Ma Johan Petter Nystuen
The Lower Palaeozoic - Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian - the sea teems with life; 542-416 Ma, David Worsley and Hans Arne Nakrem
Creation of a mountain chain - The building up of the Caledonides; about 500-405 Ma, Haakon Fossen, Rolf-Birger Pedersen, Steffen Bergh and Arvld Andresen
The mountain chain rebounds and founders - The Caledonides are worn down; 405-359 Ma, Haakon Fossen, Winfried Dallmann and Torgeir B. Andersen
Volcanoes and faulting in an arid climate - The Oslo Rift and North Sea in the Carboniferous and Permian; 359-251 Ma, Bjorn T Larsen, Snorre Olaussen, Bjorn Sundvoll and Michel Heeremans
Vast lowland plains, coal and salt - Carboniferous and Permian in the north; 359-251 Ma, David Worsley and Arvid Nottvedt
From desert to alluvial plain -- from land to sea - Triassic; 251-200 Ma, Johan Petter Nystuen, Reidar Muller, Atle Mork and Arvid Nottvedt
Norway encircled by coastal plains and deltas - Early and Middle Jurassic; 200-161 Ma, Erik P johannessen and Arvid Nottvedt
The source of Norway's oil wealth - Late Jurassic -- a sea of islands emerges; 161-146 Ma, Arvid Nottvedt and Erik P. johannessen
High seas and low horizons - The Cretaceous; 146-66 Ma, Harald Brekke and Snorre Olaussen
Norway rises from the sea - Palaeogene and Neogene (Cenozoic) - the modern continents take shape; 66-2.6 Ma, Ole Martinsen and Arvid Nottvedt
Glaciations come and go - Quaternary to Holocene (Pleistocene); 2.6 Ma-11,500 years ago, Tore O. Vorren and jan Mangerud
The emergence of modern Norway - The last 11,500 years - the Holocene, Tore O. Vorren, Jan Mangerud, Lars Blikra, Atle Nesje and Harald Sveian
What does the future hold? - Geohazards, climate change and continental drift, Ivan B. Ramberg, Eystein Jansen, Odleiv Olesen and Trond H. Torsvik
Index - Kristin Rangnes
Bibliography - Kristin Rangnes
Geological maps
Acknowledgements
Geological Map of Norway - (1: 2 000 000 - inserted in back cover) - Arne Solli and Oystein Nordgulen