Grenville-age pseudotachylite in the Lewisian: Laserprobe 40Ar/39Ar ages from the Gairloch region of Scotland (UK)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-83

  Sherlock, Sarah C ^a   Jones, Kevin A ^b   Park, Graham ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Hills Road Sixth Form College ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; HOST ROCK; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEWISIAN; PSEUDOTACHYLITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GAIRLOCH; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38949105132     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-134     Document Type: Article

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