The Highland Border ophiolite of Scotland: Observations from the Highland workshop field excursion of April 2008

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-18

  Henderson, W G ^a   Tanner, P W G ^b   Strachan, R A ^a  

^a University of Glasgow ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; EPIDOTE; FAULT GOUGE; GRANITOID; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPHIOLITE; SERPENTINITE;

ARGYLL AND BUTE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; ISLE OF BUTE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70249090421     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0036-9276/01-381     Document Type: Article

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