A Laurentian provenance for the Dalradian rocks of north Mayo, Ireland, and evidence for an original basement-cover contact with the underlying Annagh Gneiss Complex

Metasediments of the early Dalradian Grampian Group (Erris Group) and probable equivalents (Inishkea Division) structurally overlie Palaeoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic Annagh Gneiss Complex orthogneisses in NW Mayo, Ireland. Sm-Nd isotopic data suggest a Palaeoproterozoic source for the metasediment...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McAteer, C., Daly, J., Flowerdew, M., Whitehouse, M., Kirkland, Chris
Format: Journal Article
Published: Geological Society Publishing House 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15446