Lateral variations and linkages in thrust geometry: The Traligill Transverse Zone, Assynt Culmination, Moine Thrust Belt, NW Scotland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 335, Issue , 2010, Pages 335-357

  Krabbendam, M ^a   Leslie, A G ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BASEMENT ROCK; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST; THRUST FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

CALEDONIDES; MOINE THRUST ZONE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956005188     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP335.16     Document Type: Article

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