Palaeomagnetic dating of clastic dykes in Proterozoic basement, NW Scotland: Evidence for syndepositional faulting during deposition of the Torridonian

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-157

  Dulin, Shannon ^a   Elmore, R D ^a   Engel, M H ^a   Parnell, J ^b   Kelly, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CLASTIC DIKE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEWISIAN; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TORRIDONIAN;

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

EID: 27744510361     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg41020149     Document Type: Article

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