Detrital zircon geochronology and provenance of the Torridonian, NW Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-27

  Rainbird, Robert H ^a   Hamilton, Michael A ^a   Young, Grant M ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

207Pb 206Pb; Proterozoic; Provenance; Scotland; Torridonian

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; LEAD-LEAD DATING; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; TORRIDONIAN; ZIRCON;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034998262     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.1.15     Document Type: Article

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