The structural setting and U-Pb geochronology of Knoydartian pegmatites in W Inverness-shire: Evidence for Neoproterozoic tectonothermal events in the Moine of NW Scotland

From: Journal of the Geological Society | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: Rogers, G; Hyslop, E K; Strachan, R A; Paterson, B A; Holdsworth, R E | Copyright information

G. ROGERS1, E. K. HYSLOP2, R. A. STRACHAN3, B. A. PATERSON1,4 & R. E. HOLDSWORTH5

1 Isotope Geosciences Unit, Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 OQF, UK

Abstract: U-Pb monazite data for the Ardnish and Sgurr Breac pegmatites in the SW Moine block give Knoydartian ages of 827 +/- 2 and 784 +/- 1 Ma respectively. Structural and metamorphic studies of the pegmatites and the local Moinian metasediments suggest that pegmatite generatio...

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