Laurentian crustal recycling in the Ordovician Grampian Orogeny: Nd isotopic evidence from western Ireland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-207

  Draut, Amy E ^a   Clift, Peter D ^a   Chew, David M ^b   Cooper, Matthew J ^c   Taylor, Rex N ^c   Hannigan, Robyn E ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Grampian Orogeny; Iapetus Ocean; Laurentia; Nd isotopes; Western Ireland

Indexed keywords

RECYCLING; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; GRAMPIAN OROGENY; IAPETUS OCEAN; IRELAND; LAURENTIA; ND ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; LAURENTIA; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONNACHT; COUNTY MAYO; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2542557477     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675680400891X     Document Type: Article

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