Structure and early kinematic history of the Great Glen Fault Zone, Scotland

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 326-342

  Stewart, M ^a,b   Strachan, R A ^b   Holdsworth, R E ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032986646     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998TC900033     Document Type: Article

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