Tectonic and kinematic evolution within mid-crustal orogenic root zones: A case study from the Caledonides of northwestern Ireland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 193-211

  Alsop, G I ^a   Bryson, R ^b   Hutton, D H W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HINGES; KINEMATICS; QUARTZ; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM; COASTAL EXPOSURE; KINEMATIC DATA; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; NEOPROTEROZOIC; STRAIN PROFILES; STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION;

TECTONICS;

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; KINEMATICS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNFORM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

COUNTY DONEGAL; IRELAND; SLIEVE LEAGUE PENINSULA;

EID: 0035049171     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756801005258     Document Type: Article

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