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The distribution, geometry and kinematic significance of Caledonian buckle folds in the western moine nappe, northwestern Scotland

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Systems of ductile thrusts and folds were formed within orogenic belts in Moine Nappe of Sutherland, Scotland, which developed during WNW-directed Caledonian displacements in amphibolite facies conditions. Large areas of mylonite contain large amounts of small-scale folds which occur because of temporary flow disturbances. The generations of these folds can be isolated and separated by their geometry. The spaces between the kilometer-scale buckle folds in lower strain regions help in determining the relationship with displacements on particular underlying thrusts.

Author: Holdsworth, R.E., Alsop, G.I.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Name: Geological Magazine
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0016-7568
Year: 1993
Folds (Geology)

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Geochemistry of the start complex greenschists: rhenohercynian MORB?

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Mineralogically homogeneous minerals but texturally heterogeneous actinolite-epidote-albite assemblage retrogressed variants containing chlorite, muscovite, carbonate sphere and oxidized opaque minerals constitute the meta-igneous greenschists of the Start Complex, South Devon. The greenschists are relatively primitive tholeiites that can be compared to modern basalts from normal spreading ridge segments (N-MORB).

Author: Holdsworth, R.E., Floyd, P.A., Steele, S.A.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Name: Geological Magazine
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0016-7568
Year: 1993
Composition, Geology, Stratigraphic, Stratigraphy, Archean Eon, Devon, England, Schists

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A reappraisal of the Sibson-Scholz fault zone model: The nature of the frictional to viscous ('brittle-ductile') transition along a long-lived, crustal-scale fault, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

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Research analysing the the observational and practical data in support of the theoretical studies and the experiments explaining the frictional to viscous process of transition in the crustal-scale fault of Outer Hebrides, in Scoltland, is presented.

Author: Imber, J., Holdsworth, R.E., Butler, C.A.
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Publication Name: Tectonics
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0278-7407
Year: 2001
Hebrides, Grabens (Geology), Grabens

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Subjects list: Research, Scotland, Natural history
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