Rift basin architecture and stratigraphical implications for basement-cover relationships in the Neoproterozoic Grampian Group of the Scottish Caledonides

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1163-1173

  Smith, M ^a   Robertson, S ^a   Rollin, K E ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Neoproterozoic; Rift basins; Scotland; Unconformity

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT ZONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033393415     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.6.1163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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