A structural reinterpretation of the Tummel Belt and a transpressional model for evolution of the Tay Nappe in the Central Highlands of Scotland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 643-660

  Treagus, Jack E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS; TRANSPRESSION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033494091     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756899003143     Document Type: Article

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