U-Pb chronology and duration of late Ordovician magmatism in the English Lake District

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 773-781

  Millward, D ^a   Evans, J A ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Lake district; Ordovician; U Pb

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCK; MAGMATISM; ORDOVICIAN; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141794565     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-160     Document Type: Article

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