Detrital zircon provenance and Ordovician terrane amalgamation, western Ireland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 473-484

  Mcconnell, Brian ^a   Riggs, Nancy ^b   Crowley, Quentin G ^c,d  

^a Geological Survey of Ireland   (Ireland)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d Trinity College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CONGLOMERATE; DALRADIAN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; IGNIMBRITE; ISLAND ARC; METAGABBRO; ORDOVICIAN; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SOURCE ROCK; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69949103754     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-081     Document Type: Article

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