Linkin onshore and offshore structures: Mesozoic extension in the Scottish Highlands

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1061-1064

  Roberts, A M ^a   Holdsworth, R E ^b  

^a Badley Earth Sciences Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basins; Caledonian Orogeny; Mesozoic; Precambrian; Reactivation; Scotland

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MESOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; REACTIVATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033387689     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.6.1061     Document Type: Article

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