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The Evidence for the Southern Uplands Fault in North-east Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

T. B. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The Queen's University, Belfast.

Abstract

The evidence presented for the supposed continuation of the Southern Uplands Fault in north-east Ireland is critically examined and found to be less convincing than recent statements imply.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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