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Conjugate fold systems in the Moine Thrust Zone in the Lochcarron and Coulin Forest areas of Wester Ross

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. R. W. Johnson
M. R. W. Johnson
Affiliation:
Geology Department, Imperial College, London.
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Abstract

The Moine Thrust Zone in the Lochcarron and Coulin Forest areas contains numerous small scale folds which plunge eastwards. The axial planes of these folds are inclined towards the north or south so that no regional directional translation of the rocks can be postulated from these structures, whose symmetry as a whole is orthorhombic. The folds are considered to have resulted from local lateral extension and concomitant compression of laminated rocks involved in the thrusting.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 93 , Issue 4 , August 1956 , pp. 345 - 350
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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