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Old Red Sandstone: continental sedimentation on the eroding Caledonian Orogen
Author(s)
John E. A. Marshall
Book: The Geology of Scotland
Series: Geological Society, London, Geology of Series
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 20 August 2024
DOI: 10.1144/GOS5-2022-43
EISBN: 9781786206893
Journal Article
Strike-slip influenced stratigraphic and structural development of the Foula Sandstone Group, Shetland: implications for offshore Devonian basin development on the northern UK continental shelf
T. A. G. Utley, R. E. Holdsworth, G. A. Blackbourn, E. Dempsey, R. A. Strachan, K. J. W. McCaffrey, A. C. Morton, A. F. Bird, R. R. Jones, A. Saßnowski, R. J. Walker
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 27 April 2023
Journal of the Geological Society (2023) 180 (3): jgs2022-148.
Journal Article
Enhanced terrestrial nutrient release during the Devonian emergence and expansion of forests: Evidence from lacustrine phosphorus and geochemical records
Matthew S. Smart, Gabriel Filippelli, William P. Gilhooly, III, John E.A. Marshall, Jessica H. Whiteside
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 09 November 2022
GSA Bulletin (2023) 135 (7-8): 1879–1898.
Journal Article
New onshore insights into the role of structural inheritance during Mesozoic opening of the Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland
Alexandra Tamas, Robert E. Holdsworth, John R. Underhill, Dan M. Tamas, Edward D. Dempsey, Kit Hardman, Anna Bird, Dave McCarthy, Ken J.W. McCaffrey, David Selby
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 12 November 2021
Journal of the Geological Society (2022) 179 (2): jgs2021-066.
Journal Article
Putative arthropod trace fossils from the Orcadian Basin at Achanarras Quarry (Middle Devonian of Scotland)
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 April 2021
Journal of the Geological Society (2021) 178 (4): jgs2020-233.
Journal Article
Evidence from the U–Pb–Hf signatures of detrital zircons for a Baltican provenance for basal Old Red Sandstone successions, northern Scottish Caledonides
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 17 March 2021
Journal of the Geological Society (2021) 178 (4): jgs2020-241.
Journal Article
Two newly identified cheiracanthid acanthodians from the Mey Flagstone Formation (Givetian, Middle Devonian) of the Orcadian Basin, Scotland
Journal: Scottish Journal of Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 09 November 2020
Scottish Journal of Geology (2021) 57 (1): sjg2020-009.
Journal Article
Outcrop-scale manifestations of reactivation during multiple superimposed rifting and basin inversion events: the Devonian Orcadian Basin, northern Scotland
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 22 October 2020
Journal of the Geological Society (2021) 178 (1): jgs2020-089.
Journal Article
Cheiracanthid acanthodians from the lower fossil fish-bearing horizons (Eifelian, Middle Devonian) of the Orcadian Basin, Scotland
Journal: Scottish Journal of Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 24 August 2020
Scottish Journal of Geology (2021) 57 (1): sjg2020-006.
Journal Article
A new cheiracanthid acanthodian from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Orcadian Basin of Scotland and its biostratigraphic and biogeographical significance
Journal: Scottish Journal of Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 10 July 2019
Scottish Journal of Geology (2019) 55 (2): 166–177.
Journal Article
Middle Devonian coccosteid (Arthrodira, Placodermi) biostratigraphy of Scotland and Estonia
Journal: Scottish Journal of Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 22 September 2017
Scottish Journal of Geology (2017) 53 (2): 63–69.
Journal Article
Demarcation of the boundary between Middle Devonian Upper Stromness Flagstone and Rousay Flagstone formations in Westray, Orkney
Journal: Scottish Journal of Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 22 September 2017
Scottish Journal of Geology (2017) 53 (2): 53–61.
Journal Article
Organic geochemistry, petrology and palynofacies of Middle Devonian lacustrine flagstones in the Orcadian Basin, Scotland: depositional environment, thermal history and petroleum generation potential
ASSAD GHAZWANI, RALF LITTKE, VICTORIA SACHSE, REINHARD FINK, NICOLAJ MAHLSTEDT, CHRISTOPH HARTKOPF-FRÖDER
Journal: Geological Magazine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09 November 2016
Geological Magazine (2018) 155 (4): 773–796.
Journal Article
New structural and Re–Os geochronological evidence constraining the age of faulting and associated mineralization in the Devonian Orcadian Basin, Scotland
A. M. Dichiarante, R. E. Holdsworth, E. D. Dempsey, D. Selby, K. J. W. McCaffrey, U. McL. Michie, G. Morgan, J. Bonniface
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 19 February 2016
Journal of the Geological Society (2016) 173 (3): 457–473.
Journal Article
The vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Rousay sequence in the Middle Devonian of Orkney, Scotland
Journal: Scottish Journal of Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 28 August 2015
Scottish Journal of Geology (2015) 51 (2): 149–156.
Journal Article
Scottish Middle Devonian fishes in Estonia
Journal: Scottish Journal of Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 14 August 2015
Scottish Journal of Geology (2015) 51 (2): 141–147.
Journal Article
Palaeoenvironmental significance of lacustrine stromatolite forms from the Middle Old Red Sandstone of the Orcadian Basin
Journal: Geological Magazine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 19 July 2013
Geological Magazine (2014) 151 (3): 414–429.
Journal Article
Periodicity determination of lacustrine cycles from the Devonian of Northern Scotland
Journal: Scottish Journal of Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 November 2010
Scottish Journal of Geology (2010) 46 (2): 143–155.
Journal Article
The synonymy of the Scottish Devonian osteolepid fish Thursius macrolepidotus
Journal: Scottish Journal of Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 November 2007
Scottish Journal of Geology (2007) 43 (2): 101–106.
Journal Article
The movement history and fault rock evolution of a reactivated crustal-scale strike-slip fault: the Walls Boundary Fault Zone, Shetland
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 September 2007
Journal of the Geological Society (2007) 164 (5): 1037–1058.
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Scope Notes: NE Scotland, and North Sea including parts of Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands. Before 2015, North Sea was used as a broader term. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
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