Laxfordian metamorphic conditions of the Palaeoproterozoic Loch Maree Group, Lewisian complex, NW Scotland

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-50

  Droop, G T R ^a   Fernandes, L A D ^b   Shaw, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; LAXFORDIAN; LEWISIAN; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032807731     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg35010031     Document Type: Article

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