Tectonic significance of the Highland Boundary Fault, Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 915-921

  Tanner, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; FAULTING; REVERSE FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLANDS; MIDLAND VALLEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 51949094903     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-012     Document Type: Article

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