Editing Salangen Municipality (section)

===Geology===
The area itself is part of the [[Caledonian Orogeny]] formed of part of a series of [[Nappe]]s that run down the coast of Norway. These nappes were [[metamorphosed]] as a result of partial [[subduction]] beneath [[Laurentia]] during the early to middle [[Paleozoic]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Steltenpohl |first=M.G. |last2=Andresen |first2=A. |last3=Lindstrom |first3=M. |last4=Gromet. |first4=P. |last5=Steltenpohl |first5=L.W. |year=2003 |title=The Role of Felsic And Mafic Igneous Rocks in Deciphering The Evolution of Thrust-Stacked Terranes: An Example from the North Norwegian Caledonides. |journal=American Journal of Science |volume=303 |issue=2 |pages=149–185 |doi=10.2475/ajs.303.2.149 |doi-access=free}}</ref> On a smaller scale, the municipality is located mainly on [[quartzite]] (known as Sjøvegan quartzite locally and regionally as Bø quartzite). In the hills to the south, there is [[garnet]]-rich [[schist]] (known as Trollvannet schist).

Across the nearby lake Nervatnet and towards the village of [[Strokkenes]], [[granite]] within [[marble]] is present (Høglund marble and Strokkenes granite). This granite is Leucratic, an indicative sign of granite intruded within an [[Orogeny|orogenic]] mountain building event.