Evolution of the Lewisian complex in South Harris, Northwest Scotland, and its relation to the North Atlantic Craton in the Palaeoproterozoic (2.0 Ga)

Journal of Geosciences

Volumn , Issue 42, 1999, Pages 115-125

  Baba, Sotaro ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretionary prism; Anticlockwise P T path; Lewisian complex in South Harris; Palaeoproterozoic; UHT metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRATON; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032743458     PISSN: 04492560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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