Constraints on early sinistral displacements along the Great Glen Fault Zone, Scotland: Structural setting, U-Pb geochronology and emplacement of the syn-tectonic clunes tonalite

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 821-830

  Stewart, M ^a   Strachan, R A ^a   Martin, M W ^a   Holdsworth, R E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clunes tonalite; Emplacement; Great Glen Fault Zone; Syn tectonic processes; U Pb

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; DISPLACEMENT; EMPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; MICROSTRUCTURE; TONALITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034773383     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.5.821     Document Type: Article

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