Transport-parallel cross folds within a mid-crustal Caledonian thrust stack, northern Scotland

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 783-790

  Alsop, G I ^a   Holdsworth, R E ^b   Strachan, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN; CROSS FOLD; DUCTILE THRUSTING; FOLIATION; NAPPE; THRUST STACK;

UK, SCOTLAND;

DEFORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ANOMALOUS FOLIATION; DUCTILE THRUSTING; FOLD AXES; FOLD VERGENCE; LOW ANGLE THRUSTING; TECTONIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PARALLEL CROSS FOLDS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0029666723     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)80012-5     Document Type: Article

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