The effects of Cenozoic compression within the Faroe-Shetland Basin and adjacent areas

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 306, Issue , 2008, Pages 121-136

  Derek Ritchie, J ^a   Johnson, Howard ^a   Quinn, Martyn F ^a   Gatliff, Robert W ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; BASIN EVOLUTION; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CENOZOIC; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLDING; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL; WYVILLE THOMSON RIDGE;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 72149130025     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP306.5     Document Type: Article

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