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A Quartz Vein System in the Moine Series near Melness, A'Mhoine, North Sutherland, and its Tectonic Significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Gilbert Wilson
Gilbert Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Imperial College, London, S.W. 7
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Abstract

Kinematic analysis of tension gashes in an exposure of the Moine Series indicates that the fractures resulted from a tectonic movement directed from north to south, unrelated to that responsible for the nearby Caledonian Moine Thrust.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 89 , Issue 2 , April 1952 , pp. 141 - 144
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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