Detrital zircon characterization of early Cambrian sandstones from East Avalonia and SE Ireland: implications for terrane affinities in the peri-Gondwanan Caledonides

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Authors: Waldron, John W.F., Schofield, David I., Pearson, Graham, Sarkar, Chiranjeeb, Luo, Yan, Dokken, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
• Subjects: Bray; Midland; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525117/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756818000407

The Caledonides of Britain and Ireland include terranes attributed to both Laurentian and Gondwanan sources, separated along the Solway line. Gondwanan elements to the south have been variably assigned to the domains Ganderia and East Avalonia. The Midland Platform forms the core of East Avalonia bu...