New U-Pb and Rb-Sr constraints on pre-Acadian tectonism in North Wales

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 891-894

  Schofield, D I ^a   Evans, J A ^b   Millar, I L ^b   Wilby, P R ^a   Aspden, J A ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; TECTONICS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 51949107759     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-044     Document Type: Article

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