New light on the construction, evolution and correlation of the Langavat Belt (Lewisian Complex), Outer Hebrides, Scotland: Field, petrographic and geochronological evidence for an early Proterozoic imbricate zone

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 837-848

  Mason, A J ^a   Temperley, S ^a   Parrish, R R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imbricate tectonics; Lewisian Complex; Palaeoproterozoic; Terranes; U Pb

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; IMBRICATION; ISLAND ARC; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HEBRIDES; OUTER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4344609329     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-132     Document Type: Article

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