Timing of deposition, orogenesis and glaciation within the Dalradian rocks of Scotland: Constraints from U-Pb zircon ages

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-94

  Dempster, T J ^a   Rogers, G ^a   Tanner, P W G ^a   Bluck, B J ^a   Muir, R J ^a   Redwood, S D ^a   Ireland, T R ^a   Paterson, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dalradian Orogeny; Glaciation; Neoproterozoic; U Pb; Zircons

Indexed keywords

DALRADIAN; GLACIATION; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036141645     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764901061     Document Type: Article

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