Structure and internal deformation of the Arnaboll Thrust Sheet, NW Scotland: Implications for strain localization in thrust belts

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 335, Issue , 2010, Pages 321-333

  Wibberley, Christopher A J ^a   Butler, Robert W H ^b  

^a CSTJF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GREENSCHIST FACIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENIC BELT; SHEAR STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST;

MOINE THRUST ZONE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955997104     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP335.15     Document Type: Article

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