Regional-scale lateral variation and linkage in ductile thrust architecture: The Oykel Transverse zone, and mullions, in the Moine Nappe, NW Scotland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 335, Issue , 2010, Pages 359-381

  Leslie, A G ^a   Krabbendam, M ^a   Kimbell, G S ^a   Strachan, R A ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FOLD; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; NAPPE; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST; TRANSTENSION;

CALEDONIDES; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; SUTHERLAND [HIGHLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955999108     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP335.17     Document Type: Article

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