Palaeogene alpine tectonics and icelandic plume-related magmatism and deformation in Northern Ireland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-36

  Cooper, M R ^a   Anderson, H ^b   Walsh, J J ^b   van Dam, C L ^a   Young, M E ^a   Earls, G ^a   Walker, A ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEYS; CENOZOIC TECTONICS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DYKE SWARMS; DYNAMIC STRESS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICELANDICS; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE PLUME; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN IRELAND; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

DEFORMATION; SLIP FORMING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL PLUMES;

TECTONICS;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DEFORMATION; DEPOCENTER; DISPLACEMENT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; PALEOGENE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855371273     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-182     Document Type: Article

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