The role of the highland border ophiolite in the ∼470 Ma Grampian Event, Scotland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 597-602

  Tanner, P W Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dalradian; Obduction; Ophiolite; Ordovician

Indexed keywords

BASIN CLOSURES; CURRENT MODELING; DALRADIAN; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; ORDOVICIAN;

DALRADIAN; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CLEW BAY; CONNACHT; COUNTY MAYO; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAMPIAN; IRELAND; NORTHERN IRELAND; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; TYRONE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249091592     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756807003342     Document Type: Article

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