Fault-zone weakening processes along the reactivated Outer Hebrides Fault Zone, Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-109

  Imber, J ^a   Holdsworth, R E ^a   Butler, C A ^a,c   Lloyd, G E ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Elf Enterprise Caledonia Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault zones; Phyllonites; Reactivation; Rheology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000386997     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.1.0105     Document Type: Article

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