The age of the Mesoproterozoic Stoer Group sedimentary and impact deposits, NW Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 349-358

  Parnell, John ^a   Mark, Darren ^b   Fallick, Anthony E ^b   Boyce, Adrian ^b   Thackrey, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC; FLUID INCLUSION; HOT FLUIDS; IMPACT EJECTA; K-FELDSPAR; LAKE WATERS; NEW AGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SCOTLAND; TORRIDONIAN;

DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR; INCLUSIONS; LEAD; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; SILICATE MINERALS;

FELDSPAR DEPOSITS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; EJECTA; FELDSPAR; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952262657     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-099     Document Type: Article

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