Strike-slip, terrane accretion and the pre-Carboniferous evolution of the Midland Valley of Scotland

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 209-224

  Phillips, E R ^a   Smith, R A ^a   Carroll, S ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Lower Palaeozoic rocks; Midland Valley; Provenance; Siluro Devonian; Strike slip; Terrane accretion

Indexed keywords

TERRANE ACCRETION;

EID: 0031853885     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300006957     Document Type: Article

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