Timing of ophiolite obduction in the Grampian orogen

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1787-1799

  Chew, David M ^a   Daly, J Stephen ^b   Magna, Tomas ^c,d,e   Page, Laurence M ^f   Kirkland, Christopher L ^g,h   Whitehouse, Martin J ^g   Lam, Rebecca ⁱ  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^h GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE HEATING; DETRITAL ZIRCON; IRELAND; LAURENTIAN; MAGMATISMS; MICA SCHISTS; MORPHISMS; SCOTLAND; T ESTIMATE;

LITHOLOGY; MICA; RUBIDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ARGON;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; HORNBLENDE; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; MICA; MUSCOVITE; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PROVENANCE; SCHIST; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOLITH; ZIRCON;

IRELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78049425038     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30139.1     Document Type: Article

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