Neoproterozoic (Torridonian) alluvial fan succession northwest Scotland, and its tectonic setting and provenance

Geological Magazine

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 471-494

  Williams, George E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FAULT SLIPS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BASIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTROLLED DEPOSITION; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS; TECTONIC EVENTS; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

LANDFORMS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; TORRIDONIAN;

SCOTLAND (HIGHLAND); SCOTLAND (WESTERN ISLES); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034827423     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756801009876     Document Type: Article

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