Late proterozoic rift faults and basement-cover relationships within the Ben More thrust sheet, NW Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 761-764

  Butler, R W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Moine Thrust Zone; Scotland; Structural geology; Torridonian; Vendian

Indexed keywords

MOINE THRUST ZONE; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TORRIDONIAN; VENDIAN;

UK, SCOTLAND, HIGHLAND, BEN MORE;

EID: 0031460821     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.5.0761     Document Type: Article

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