Controls on reactivation of a major fault zone: The Fair Head-Clew Bay line in Ireland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-133

  McCaffrey, K J W ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basins; Caledonides; Granites; Ireland; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIDES; COLLISION; PALAEOZOIC; REACTIVATION;

IRELAND, COUNTY MAYO, OX MOUNTAINS, FAIR HEAD-CLEW BAY LINE; IRELAND, COUNTY SLIGO, OX MOUNTAINS, FAIR HEAD-CLEW BAY LINE;

EID: 0030793193     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.1.0129     Document Type: Article

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