Variscan sourcing of Westphalian (Pennsylvanian) sandstones in the Canonbie Coalfield, UK

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 718-727

  Morton, Andrew ^a,b   Fanning, Mark ^c   Jones, Neil ^d,e  

^a Giddanmu   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asturian; provenance; southern Scotland; Variscides; zircon

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; SANDSTONE; ZIRCON;

ASTURIAN; IGNEOUS ACTIVITY; LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; SCOTLAND; VARISCAN OROGENIES; VARISCIDES;

SILICATE MINERALS;

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBONIFEROUS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; WESTPHALIAN; ZIRCON;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78049461773     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756810000014     Document Type: Article

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