The laurentian caledonides of Scotland and Ireland

DM Chew, RA Strachan - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Caledonides of Britain and Ireland are one of the most intensively studied
orogenic belts in the world. This review considers all the tectonic events associated with the …

A review and tectonic interpretation of the Taconian–Grampian tract between Newfoundland and Scotland: diachronous accretion of an extensive forearc–arc–backarc …

CR van Staal, JF Dewey - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Taconian–Grampian tract was characterized by a diachronous collision of a
north-facing oceanic arc–forearc terrane and associated backarc basins with an irregular …

The Ordovician of Scandinavia: a revised regional stage classification

AT Nielsen, P Ahlberg, JOR Ebbestad… - Geological Society …, 2023 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Ordovician of Scandinavia (ie Denmark, Norway and Sweden) has been
investigated for over two centuries and, through time, various chronostratigraphic schemes …

The provenance of Avalonia and its tectonic implications: a critical reappraisal

JB Murphy, RD Nance, L Wu - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The late Neoproterozoic–Cambrian interval is characterized by global-scale
orogenesis, rapid continental growth and profound changes in Earth systems. Orogenic …

Age and composition of crystalline basement rocks on the Norwegian continental margin: offshore extension and continuity of the Caledonian–Appalachian orogenic …

T Slagstad, B Davidsen, JS Daly - Journal of the Geological …, 2011 - lyellcollection.org
Twenty-two wells on the Norwegian continental margin have penetrated underlying
basement. We present U–Pb zircon, whole-rock geochemical, and Sm–Nd and Rb–Sr …

A synopsis of the Ordovician System in its birthplace–Britain and Ireland

SG Molyneux, DAT Harper, MR Cooper, SP Hollis… - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Rock successions in Britain and Ireland, and more especially those in Wales, were
instrumental in the founding and naming of the Ordovician System, and the Anglo-Welsh …

Age constraints and geochemistry of the Ordovician Tyrone Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland: implications for the Grampian orogeny

MR Cooper, QG Crowley, SP Hollis… - Journal of the …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Tyrone Igneous Complex is one of the largest areas of ophiolitic and arc-related rocks
exposed along the northern margin of Iapetus within the British and Irish Caledonides. New …

Timing and heat sources for the Barrovian metamorphism, Scotland

DR Viete, GJH Oliver, GL Fraser, MA Forster, GS Lister - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract New SHRIMP U/Pb zircon ages of 472.2±5.8 Ma and 471.2±5.9 Ma are presented
for the age of peak metamorphism of Barrovian migmatites. 40 Ar/39 Ar ages for white mica …

Timing of sedimentation, metamorphism, and plutonism in the Helgeland Nappe Complex, north-central Norwegian Caledonides

CG Barnes, CD Frost, AS Yoshinobu… - …, 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Helgeland Nappe Complex consists of a sequence of imbricated east-dipping
nappes that record a history of Neoproterozoic–Ordovician, sedimentary, metamorphic, and …

Arc–continent collision and the formation of continental crust: a new geochemical and isotopic record from the Ordovician Tyrone Igneous Complex, Ireland

AE Draut, PD Clift, JM Amato, J Blusztajn… - Journal of the …, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
Collisions between oceanic island-arc terranes and passive continental margins are thought
to have been important in the formation of continental crust throughout much of Earth's …