Detrital Avalonian zircons in the Laurentian Southern Uplands terrane, Scotland

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 625-628

  Phillips, E R ^a   Evans, J A ^b   Stone, P ^a   Horstwood, M S A ^b   Floyd, J D ^a   Smith, R A ^a   Akhurst, M C ^a   Barron, H F ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avalonian arc volcanism; Detrital zircons; Geochronology; Southern Uplands terrane

Indexed keywords

UPLANDS;

CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; DEPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SANDSTONE; ZIRCON;

LANDFORMS;

AVALONIA; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; IAPETUS OCEAN; LAURENTIA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SILURIAN; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0043204516     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0625:DAZITL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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