Palaeomagnetic study of the (late Mesoproterozoic) Torridon Group, NW Scotland: Age, magnetostratigraphy, tectonic setting and partial magnetic overprinting by Caledonian orogeny

Precambrian Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 45-81

  Piper, J D A ^a   Darabi, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HORMOZGAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caledonian; Grenville; Palaeomagnetism; Proterozoic; Redbeds; Scotland; Torridonian Supergroup

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27744447502     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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