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dc.contributor.authorKinny, Peter
dc.contributor.authorLove, Gary
dc.contributor.authorFriend, C.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:25:43Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:25:43Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:24:57Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationKinny, Peter and Love, Gary and Friend, C.R.L.. 2005. Proposal for a terrane-based nomenclature for the Lewisian Gneiss Complex of NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society 162 (1): 175-186.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46204
dc.description.abstract

The current nomenclature for the Lewisian Gneiss Complex has evolved from lithological and structural correlations made prior to any dating. Initial (flawed) geochronological studies gave some names an apparent chronological standing but, as work advanced, fitting events into a coherent regional framework became increasingly difficult. Modern dating studies have shown that the Lewisian Gneiss Complex was progressively assembled from disparate blocks of Archaean continental crust and juvenile Proterozoic arcs, which satisfy the definition of terranes. Each terrane had its own separate accretionary and metamorphic history followed by a common history once juxtaposed against other terranes. Based on a new compilation of modern geochronology allied to the many detailed structural and metamorphic studies, this paper proposes a new systematic terminology for the Lewisian Gneiss Complex that is more applicable to this new tectonic framework.

dc.publisherGeological Society of London
dc.relation.urihttp://www.lyellcollection.org/
dc.subjectnomenclature
dc.subjectgeochronology
dc.subjectLewisian Gneiss Complex
dc.subjectProterozoic
dc.subjectterranes
dc.subjectArchaean
dc.titleProposal for a terrane-based nomenclature for the Lewisian Gneiss Complex of NW Scotland
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume162
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage175
dcterms.source.endPage186
dcterms.source.titleJournal of the Geological Society
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Copyright 2005 The Geological Society of London

curtin.identifierEPR-797
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyDepartment of Applied Geology
curtin.facultyDivision of Resources and Environment


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