Kinematic and thermal constraints on the reactivation of the Outer Hebrides Fault Zone, NW Scotland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 623-636

  Szulc, A G ^a   Alsop, G I ^a   Oliver, G J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation; Fault; Fluid inclusions; Fluids; Scotland

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; FLUIDS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DISCRETE SYSTEMS; FAULT ZONE EVOLUTION; FIELD STUDIES; FLUID FLUXES; FLUID INCLUSION; SCOTLAND; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL CONSTRAINTS;

MINERALOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETACHMENT FAULT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FLUID INCLUSION; KINEMATICS; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HEBRIDES; OUTER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53249152078     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808004925     Document Type: Article

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