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Kink-bands in Lower Carboniferous Slates of Rush, Co. Dublin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. F. Dewey
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Abstract

Unusual single kink-band sets in calcareous slates are described and their mechanism of formation discussed. Regional inferences are drawn concerning Armorican strike-slip movements.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 103 , Issue 2 , April 1966 , pp. 138 - 142
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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