The relationship between isotopic ages, uplift and sedimentation during Ordovician times in western Ireland
- 1 May 1970
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Scottish Journal of Geology
- Vol. 6 (2) , 133-145
- https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg06020133
Abstract
Synopsis: During Ordovician times, at least 36 000 feet of sediments accumulated in the South Mayo Trough, which lay to the north of a rising cordillera of Dalradian metamorphic rocks in Connemara, western Ireland. A complex faulted relationship existed between trough and cordillera. K-Ar isotopic ages, showing a spread within the range 475 to 420 m.y., are interpreted as representing the time during which the cordillera was progressively uplifted, eroded, and cooled.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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