Where ignorance is bliss 'tis a folly to be wise' (Thomas Gray 1716-1761) - Controversy in the basement blocks of Scotland

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-101

  Bluck, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OROGENY; TECTONIC SETTING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034432992     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg36020097     Document Type: Article

References (35)

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2. Allochthonous metamorphic blocks on the Hebridean passive margin, Scotland
3. The absolute time-scale and the subdivisions of the Precambrian rocks of Scotland
4. 'Older' granites as time markers in Dalradian evolution
5. Uplift patterns and orogenic evolution in the Scottish Dalradian
6. Polymetamorphism in the Dalradian of the Central Scottish Highlands
7. Regional metamorphism in transform zones during supercontinent breakup: Late Proterozoic events of the Scottish Highlands
8. Metamorphism and cooling in the NE Dalradian
9. Evolution of the Appalachian-Caledonian orogen
10. The evolution of the Scottish Caledonides in relation to their isotopic age pattern
11. Petrography of Ordovician and Silurian sediments in the Western Irish Caledonides: Traces of a short-lived Ordovician continent-arc collision orogeny and the evolution of the Laurentian Appalachian-Caledonian margin
12. U-Pb zircon geochronological evidence for Neoproterozoic events in the Glenfinnan Group (Moine Supergroup): The formation of the Ardgour Gneiss, North-West Scotland
13. A geochronological study of the metamorphic complexes of the Scottish Highlands
14. A Neo-Proterozoic multi-phase rift sequence: The Grampian and Appin Groups of the Southern Monadhliath Mountains of Scotland
15. The Dalradian Supergroup in Scotland, Shetland and Ireland
16. U-Pb chronology of migmatization in the Northern Central Highlands: Evidence for pre-Caledonian (Neoproterozoic) tectonometamorphism in the Grampian block, Scotland
17. Evidence for a pre-Caledonian orogeny in the Dalradian of Ireland and Scotland
18. A biostratigraphically well constrained K-bentonite U-Pb age of the Lowermost Darwillian Stage (Middle Ordovician) from the Argentine Pre-Cordillera
19. U-Pb geochronology of regional migmatites in East Sutherland, Scotland: Evidence for crustal melting during the Caledonian Orogeny
20. High precision U-Pb monazite geochronology of the c. 806 Ma Grampian Shear Zone and implications for the evolution of the Central Highlands of Scotland
21. The timing and P-T conditions of regional metamorphism in the Central Highlands, Scotland
22. Field and isotopic evidence for a c. 750 Ma tectonothermal event in the Moine rocks in the central Highland region of the Scottish Caledonides
23. A SHRIMP ion microprobe study of the inherited and magmatic zircons from four Scottish Caledonian granites
24. Pan-continental river system draining Grenville orogen recorded by U-Pb and Sm-Nd geochronology of Neoproterozoic quartzarenites and mudrocks, Northwest Canada
25. A high precision U-Pb age for the Ben Vuirich granite: Implications for the evolution of the Scottish Dalradian Supergroup
26. Provenance ages of Torridonian sandstones NW Scotland using single grain U-Pb zircon analysis
27. The structural setting and U-Pb chronology of Knoydartian pegmatites in W Inverness-shire: Evidence for Neoproterozoic tectonic events in the Moine of NW Scotland
28. Rift basin architecture and stratigraphical implications for basement-cover relationships in the Neoproterozoic Grampian Group of the Scottish Caledonides
29. Vendian and Riphean rifting in NW Scotland
30. Report: Highland field workshops
31. Significance of the early fabric in the contact metamorphic aureole of the 590 Ma Ben Vuirich Granite, Perthshire, Scotland
32. A pre-D2 age for the 590 Ma Ben Vuirich Granite in the Dalradian of Scotland
33. Precambrian and Palaeozoic pegmatites in the Moine of Northern Scotland
34. Extensional versus compressional setting for metamorphism, garnet chronometry and pressure-temperature-time histories in the Moine Supergroup, Northwest Scotland