The structural setting and U-Pb geochronology of Knoydartian pegmatites in W Inverness-shire: evidence for Neoproterozoic tectonothermal events in the Moine of NW Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 685-696

  Rogers, G ^a   Hyslop, E K ^b   Strachan, R A ^c   Paterson, B A ^a,d   Holdsworth, R E ^e  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Isotopic Analytical Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PEGMATITE; PROTEROZOIC;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031669099     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.4.0685     Document Type: Article

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