Abstract
Density and magnetic properties were determined on some 1350 rock samples, taken from the different lithologies in the Caledonides of Jämtland, Sweden. The density determinations showed a strong trend of increasing density when moving from east to west in the investigated area. There was also a general increase in density upwards in the tectono-stratigraphy from the autochthon to the Seve of the Seve-Köli Nappe Complex. The determination of magnetic properties showed that east of the Caledonian Front the dominating high-susceptibility rock was the Rätan granite. In the Eastern Complex, west of the Caledonian Front, high-susceptibility rocks were found in the parautochthonous and allochthonous crystalline basement, whereas in the Western Complex the Ottfjället dolerite in the Särv Nappe was the dominating high-susceptibility rock.