Relationships between the Loch Ailsh and Borralan alkaline intrusions and thrusting in the Moine Thrust zone, southern Assynt culmination, NW Scotland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 335, Issue , 2010, Pages 383-404

  Searle, M P ^a   Law, R D ^b   Dewey, J F ^a   Streule, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINIZATION; ALLOCHTHON; BASEMENT ROCK; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; OROGENIC BELT; PYROXENITE; SYENITE; THRUST FAULT;

HIGHLAND; LOCH AILSH; LOCH BORRALAN; MOINE THRUST ZONE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955997375     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP335.18     Document Type: Article

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