Heavy minerals solve structural and stratigraphic problems in Ordovician strata of the western Irish Caledonides

Geological Magazine

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-30

  Mange, Maria A ^a   Dewey, John F ^a,b   Wright, David T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretionary prisms; Correlation; Dalradian; Grampian Orogeny; Heavy minerals; Island arcs

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GARNETS; SILICATE MINERALS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DALRADIAN; GRAMPIAN OROGENY; HEAVY MINERALS; ISLAND ARC;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; HEAVY MINERAL; OPHIOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

COUNTY GALWAY; COUNTY MAYO; IRELAND;

EID: 0037232138     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756802007100     Document Type: Article

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