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Shape and intrusion history of the Late Caledonian Newry Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland

Cooper, Mark; Anderson, Paul; Condon, Daniel; Stevenson, Carl; Ellam, Rob; Meighan, Ian; Crowley, Quentin. 2016 Shape and intrusion history of the Late Caledonian Newry Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland. In: Young, M.E., (ed.) Unearthed: Impacts of the Tellus surveys of the north of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland, Royal Irish Academy, 145-155, 11pp.

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Abstract/Summary

The Tellus high-resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric maps define previously unmapped zones within the Newry Igneous Complex, County Down. High-precision uranium–lead zircon dating of nine rock samples from different parts of the complex provides a robust set of age constraints (c.414–407 Ma), which confirm that the different plutons of the complex young towards the south-west. Combined, these new data allow an innovative model of intrusion to be developed, with intrusion beginning in the north-east and progressing towards the south-west.

Item Type: Publication - Book Section
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3318/978-1-908996-88-6.ch11
Programmes: BGS Programmes > Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
ISBN: 9781908996879
NORA Subject Terms: Earth Sciences
Date made live: 23 Jan 2017 11:36 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515373

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