The Northeast Arran Trough, the Corrie conundrum and the Highland Boundary Fault in the Firth of Clyde, SW Scotland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 578-589

  Young, G M ^a   Caldwell, W G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Highland Boundary Fault; stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FAULTING; GRANITE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY FAULTS; CARBONIFEROUS; FAULT MOVEMENT; MIDLAND VALLEY; PALAEOGENE; SCOTLAND; SURFACE TRACES; TRANSCURRENT FAULTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; PALEOGENE; PLUTON; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TOURNAISIAN; TROUGH;

ARRAN; FIRTH OF CLYDE; NORTH AYRSHIRE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861822088     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000823     Document Type: Article

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