Provenance of the Moine Supergroup of NW Scotland: Evidence from geochronology of detrital and inherited zircons from (meta) sedimentary rocks, granites and migmatites

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-257

  Friend, C R L ^a   Strachan, R A ^a   Kinny, P D ^b   Watt, G R ^b,c  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Marchmyres Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Moine Supergroup; Proterozoic; Provenance; Scotland; Zircon dating

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD-LEAD DATING; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; ZIRCON;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037357649     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764901-161     Document Type: Article

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