The chronology and kinematics of late palaeozoic deformation in the nw contact metamorphic aureole of the land's end granite

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-152

  Hughes, Samuel P ^a   Stickland, Ross J ^a   Shail, Robin K ^a   Leboutillier, Nicholas G ^a   Alexander, Andrew C ^a   Thomas, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extensional tectonics; Granite emplacement; Land's End Granite; Reactivation; Variscan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956538112     PISSN: 05663954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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