The role of thrust tectonic models in understanding structural evolution in NW Scotland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 335, Issue , 2010, Pages 293-320

  Butler, R W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENIC BELT; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

HIGHLAND; MOINE THRUST ZONE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956001534     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP335.14     Document Type: Article

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