The origin, evolution and provenance of the Northern Belt (Ordovician) of the Southern Uplands Terrane, Scotland: A heavy mineral perspective

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 251-280

  Mange, Maria A ^a   Dewey, John F ^a   Floyd, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grampian; Heavy minerals; Island arcs; Seamounts; Southern Uplands

Indexed keywords

HEAVY MINERAL; IAPETUS OCEAN; ORDOVICIAN; PROVENANCE; TURBIDITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SOUTHERN UPLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 31744437947     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(05)80045-8     Document Type: Article

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