Timing of deposition, orogenesis and glaciation within the Dalradian rocks of Scotland: constraints from U-Pb zircon ages

Dempster, T J; Rogers, G.; Tanner, P W G; Bluck, B.; Muir, R J; Redwood, S R; Paterson, B A; Ireland, Trevor

Timing of deposition, orogenesis and glaciation within the Dalradian rocks of Scotland: constraints from U-Pb zircon ages

Date

2002

Authors

Dempster, T J

Rogers, G.

Tanner, P W G

Bluck, B.

Muir, R J

Redwood, S R

Paterson, B A

Ireland, Trevor

Publisher

Geological Society of London

Abstract

The stratigraphical and structural continuity of the Late Proterozoic Dalradian rocks of the Scottish Highlands is re-examined in the light of new U-Pb zircon ages on the tuffs belonging to the Tayvallich Volcanic Formation (601 ± 4 Ma), and on the late