Direct dating of mylonite evolution: a multi-disciplinary geochronological study from the Moine thrust zone, NW Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 745-758

  Freeman, S R ^a   Butler, R W H ^a   Cliff, R A ^a   Rex, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MYLONITE; SHEAR ZONE; SILURIAN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032420829     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.5.0745     Document Type: Article

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