Recognition of tectonic events in undeformed regions: Contrasting results from the Midland Platform and East Midlands Shelf, Central England

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-73

  Green, Paul F ^a   Thomson, Ken ^b   Hudson, John D ^c  

^a Unit 14   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFTA; East midlands; Exhumation; Thermal history; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

APATITE; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; TECTONICS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034996361     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.1.59     Document Type: Article

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