Structure of Lower Carboniferous basins of NW Ireland, and its implications for structural inheritance and Cenozoic faulting

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1285-1299

  Worthington, Robert P ^a,b   Walsh, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Cenozoic; Faulting; Ireland; Strain; Structural inheritance

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CENOZOIC; FAULTING; IRELAND; STRUCTURAL INHERITANCE;

LANDFORMS;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CARBONIFEROUS; CENOZOIC; DISPLACEMENT; FAULTING; NORMAL FAULT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONNACHT; ENGLAND; IRELAND; LOUGH ALLEN; NORTHERN IRELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960432462     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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