Deformation temperatures, vorticity of flow and strain symmetry in the Loch Eriboll mylonites, NW Scotland: Implications for the kinematic and structural evolution of the northernmost Moine Thrust zone

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 335, Issue , 2010, Pages 623-662

  Thigpen, J Ryan ^a   Law, Richard D ^a   Lloyd, Geoffrey E ^b   Brown, Summer J ^a   Cook, Brian ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MYLONITE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VORTICITY;

HIGHLAND; LOCH ERIBOLL; MOINE THRUST ZONE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955985700     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP335.26     Document Type: Article

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