The Dalradian rocks of Shetland and their implications for the plate tectonics of the northern lapetus

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-142

  Flinn, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CRUSTAL THINNING; DALRADIAN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; IAPETUS OCEAN; MONOCLINE; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING;

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

SPINIFEX;

EID: 36249022794     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg43020125     Document Type: Article

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