The nature and regional significance of structures in the Gala group of the Southerns Uplands terrane, Berwickshire coast, southeastern Scotland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 707-717

  Holdsworth, R E ^a   Tavarnelli, E ^b   Clegg, P ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Folding; Southern Uplands; Tectonic wedges; Transpression

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING;

CALEDONIDES; FINITE EXTENSION; FOLDING; NORTHERN IRELAND; REGIONAL STRUCTURE; SOUTHERN UPLANDS; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION;

LANDFORMS;

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; TECTONIC WEDGE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TRANSPRESSION;

BERWICKSHIRE; SCOTLAND; SCOTLAND (BORDERS); SOUTHEN UPLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036881460     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756802006854     Document Type: Article

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