Restoring maps and memoirs to four-dimensional space using virtual globe technology: A case study from the Scottish Highlands

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 335, Issue , 2010, Pages 429-441

  Simpson, Carol ^a   de Paor, Declan ^b  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT; FOLD; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; INTERNET; OROGENIC BELT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

HIGHLANDS; IRELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 77956000156     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP335.20     Document Type: Article

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