On the structural age of the Rhoscolyn antiform Anglesey, North Wales

Geological Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-156

  Hassani, Hossein ^a   Covey Crump, Stephen J ^a   Rutter, Ernest H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglesey; Cleavage bedding asymmetry; Monian Supergroup; Rhoscolyn antiform; South Stack Group

Indexed keywords

ANTIFORM; BEDDING PLANE; CLEAVAGE; FOLD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TIMESCALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF ANGLESEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042589215     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.949     Document Type: Article

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