High-precision U-Pb monazite geochronology of the c. 806 Ma Grampian Shear Zone and the implications for the evolution of the Central Highlands of Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 511-514

  Noble, S R ^a   Hyslop, E K ^b   Highton, A J ^b  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great Glen Fault; Moinian; Monazite; Scotland; U Pb

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GREAT GLEN FAULT; MOINIAN; MONAZITE; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

UK, SCOTLAND, GRAMPIAN SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0030454320     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0511     Document Type: Article

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