Abstract
The magnetic fabrics of 235 samples from 31 localities in Argyllshire, Scotland were determined to study the development of the Caledonian tectonic fabric in the southwest Highlands of Scotland. The regional fabric indicates a strong NE-SW compressional foliation due to the primary deformational phases, which in parts has been overprinted by secondary deformations. A detailed comparison of the anisotropy data and the available strain data shows that the two fabric ellipsoids are co-axial, and that their axial mean ratios seem to be related by an empirical power relationship of the type: Xi Xj = li lj a (for i = 1,2,3; j = 1,2,3 and i ≠ j) where χ i and χ j are orthogonal principal axes and l i and l j are the corresponding orthogonal principal strain axes. The exponent a for the sites from Scotland is 0.088 ± 0.017 compared with 0.142 ± 0.001 and 0.145 ± 0.005 found in the Caledonian slates of the English Lake District and the Welsh slate belt.
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