Tectonic stratigraphy and structural continuity of the northernmost Moine Thrust Zone and Moine Nappe, Scottish Caledonides

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 272, Issue , 2007, Pages 121-142

  Holdsworth, R E ^a   Alsop, G I ^b   Strachan, R A ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; FOOTWALL; FORELAND BASIN; GNEISS; LAURENTIA; LEWISIAN; LINEATION; NAPPE; PROTEROZOIC; STACKING; STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THRUST;

CALEDONIDES; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34249774871     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.272.01.08     Document Type: Conference Paper

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