The significance of the Geal Charn-Ossian Steep Belt in basin development in the central Scottish Highlands

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1175-1182

  Robertson, S ^a   Smith, M ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basement; Basins; Scottish Highlands; Steep Belt; Unconformities

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033369313     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.6.1175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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