U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland: Implications for the timing of late Caledonian tectonic and magmatic events and for correlations with Acadian plutonism in New England

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-184

  Feely, Martin ^a   Coleman, Drew ^b   Baxter, Sadhbh ^a   Miller, Brent ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADIAN; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CORRELATION; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; MAGMA CHAMBER;

CALEDONIDES; CONNACHT; CONNEMARA; COUNTY GALWAY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10344252819     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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