A major high-strain zone in the Lewisian Complex in the Loch Torridon area, NW Scotland: Insights into deep crustal deformation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 272, Issue , 2007, Pages 27-45

  Wheeler, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFLECTION; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; GNEISS; LEWISIAN; LINEATION; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN;

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

EID: 34249802901     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.272.01.03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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