Age of the Ballachulish and Glencoe Igneous Complexes (Scottish Highlands), and paragenesis of zircon, monazite and baddeleyite in the Ballachulish Aureole

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 447-462

  Fraser, G L ^a   Pattison, D R M ^a   Heaman, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baddeleyite; Ballachulish Complex; Glencoe; Monazite; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AUREOLE; BADDELEYITE; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MONAZITE; PARAGENESIS; SILURIAN; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GLENCOE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142760119     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-018     Document Type: Article

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