Grampian orogenesis and the development of blueschist-facies metamorphism in western Ireland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 911-924

  Chew, D M ^a   Daly, J S ^a   Page, L M ^b   Kennedy, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ar Ar; Clew Bay Complex; Dalradian supergroup; Rb Sr; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST FACIES; DALRADIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY;

IRELAND;

EID: 0345581268     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-012     Document Type: Article

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