Ductile transpression and localization of deformation along tectonic boundaries in the Caledonides of northwestern Ireland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 699-718

  Alsop, G I ^a   Bryson, R ^b   Hutton, D H W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000967717     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756898001265     Document Type: Article

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