The brittle evolution of a major strike-slip fault associated with granite emplacement: A case study of the Leannan Fault, NW Ireland

NE-SW-trending sinistral strike-slip deformation is widespread throughout the Highlands of Scotland and NW Ireland and has been interpreted as a response to the subduction of Iapetus and continental collision. The southwestern continuation of the Great Glen Fault zone is marked in NW Ireland by the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kirkland, Chris, Alsop, G., Prave, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7226