Denudation history of the Loch Ness corridor (Scotland): differential vertical movements along the Great Glen Fault;Histoire de la dénudation dans le corridor du loch Ness (Écosse) : mouvements verticaux différentiels le long de la Great Glen Fault

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-131

  Jolivet, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track; Denudation; Scotland

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GREAT GLEN FAULT; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; LOCH NESS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947583660     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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