Testing for the presence of a terrane boundary within Neoproterozoic (Dalradian) to Cambrian siliceous turbidites at Callander, Perthshire, Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1205-1216

  Tanner, P W Geoff ^a   Pringle, Malcolm S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Cambrian; Dalradian; Detritus; Grampian orogeny

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CAMBRIAN; DALRADIAN; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE; TURBIDITE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033373450     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.6.1205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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