A new look at an old unconformity: field and geochemical data from James Hutton's original unconformity on the Isle of Arran, Scotland

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-75

  Young, G M ^a   Caldwell, W G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arran; Calcrete; Geochemistry; History of geology; Hutton; Scotland; Unconformity

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; CARBONIFEROUS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; UNCONFORMITY;

ARRAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AYRSHIRE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649510020     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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