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March 01, 1997
Initiation of Iapetus subduction under Irish Avalonia
B. McConnell;
B. McConnell
Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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B. McConnell
Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
J. Morris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
First Online:
02 Mar 2017
Online ISSN: 1469-5081
Print ISSN: 0016-7568
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Geological Magazine (1997) 134 (2): 213–218.
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First Online:
02 Mar 2017
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B. McConnell, J. Morris; Initiation of Iapetus subduction under Irish Avalonia. Geological Magazine 1997;; 134 (2): 213–218. doi:
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Arenig
- Avalonia
- basalts
- chemical composition
- continental margin
- diabase
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Iapetus
- igneous rocks
- Ireland
- Lower Ordovician
- Merionethshire Wales
- metamorphic rocks
- Ordovician
- Paleozoic
- plutonic rocks
- reconstruction
- subduction
- terranes
- United Kingdom
- volcanic rocks
- volcanism
- Wales
- Western Europe
- Wicklow Ireland
- Aghfurrell Formation
- Ribbaud Group
- Mount Seskin Anticline
- Dowery Hill Member
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