Multiple fluid migration events along the Moine Thrust Zone, Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1031-1045

  Blumstein, Raleigh D ^a   Elmore, R D ^a   Engel, M H ^a   Parnell, J ^b   Baron, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid migration events; Moine Thrust Zone; Remagnetization

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; THRUST FAULT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27844433154     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-092     Document Type: Article

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