Thrust sequences and the significance of low-angle, out-of-sequence faults in the northernmost Moine Nappe and Moine Thrust Zone, NW Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 801-814

  Holdsworth, R E ^a   Strachan, R A ^b   Alsop, G I ^c   Grant, C J ^d   Wilson, R W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d Shell Offshore Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MYLONITE; THRUST FAULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748643836     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492005-076     Document Type: Article

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