Transverse architecture of the Moine Thrust Belt and Moine Nappe, Northern Highlands, Scotland: New insight on a classic thrust belt

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-306

  Leslie, A G ^a   Krabbendam, M ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culminations; Moine thrust belt; Northern highlands; Thrust systems; Transverse zones

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350454766     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2009.128.2.295     Document Type: Article

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