The initiations and early tectonic significance of the Outer Hebrides Fault Zone, Scotland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 609-619

  Imber, J ^a   Strachan, R A ^b   Holdsworth, R E ^a   Butler, C A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault zones; Grenville; Laxfordian; Outer Hebrides; Reactivation; Thrust faults

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; METALS;

FAULT ZONE; GRENVILLE; LAXFORDIAN; OUTER HEBRIDES; REACTIVATION; THRUST FAULTS;

FAULTING;

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAXFORDIAN; REACTIVATION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT;

OUTER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND (WESTERN ISLES); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036881466     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756802006969     Document Type: Article

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