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    Volume 134, Number 2
    1 March 1997
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    Other| 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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    B. McConnell, J. Morris; Initiation of Iapetus subduction under Irish Avalonia. Geological Magazine 1997;; 134 (2): 213–218. doi:

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      • 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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