Laurentian palaeostress trajectories and ephemeral fracture permeability, Cambrian Eriboll Formation sandstones west of the Moine Thrust Zone, NW Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 349-362

  Laubach, S E ^a   Diaz Tushman, Kira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CEMENTATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRACTURE ZONE; LAURENTIA; MICROCRACK; PALEOSTRESS; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MOINE THRUST ZONE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69249180197     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-061     Document Type: Article

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