Cenozoic exhumation of the southern British Isles
Rocks that crop out across southern Britain were exhumed from depths of as much as 2.5 km during Cenozoic time. This has been widely attributed to Paleocene regional uplift resulting from igneous underplating related to the Iceland mantle plume. Our compilation of paleothermal and compaction data re...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:6727 2023-05-15T16:48:40+02:00 Cenozoic exhumation of the southern British Isles Hillis, Richard R. Holford, Simon P. Green, Paul F. Dore, A.G. Gatliff, Robert Stoker, Martyn Thomson, Ken Turner, Jonathan P. Underhill, John R. Williams, Gareth 2008 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/6727/ http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/content/vol36/issue5/ unknown Geological Society of America Hillis, Richard R.; Holford, Simon P.; Green, Paul F.; Dore, A.G.; Gatliff, Robert; Stoker, Martyn; Thomson, Ken; Turner, Jonathan P.; Underhill, John R.; Williams, Gareth. 2008 Cenozoic exhumation of the southern British Isles. Geology, 36 (5). 371-374. https://doi.org/10.1130/G24699A.1 <https://doi.org/10.1130/G24699A.1> Earth Sciences Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2008 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1130/G24699A.1 2023-02-04T19:24:26Z Rocks that crop out across southern Britain were exhumed from depths of as much as 2.5 km during Cenozoic time. This has been widely attributed to Paleocene regional uplift resulting from igneous underplating related to the Iceland mantle plume. Our compilation of paleothermal and compaction data reveals spatial and temporal patterns of exhumation showing little correspondence with the postulated influence of underplating, instead being dominated by kilometer-scale variations across Cenozoic compressional structures, which in several basins are demonstrably of Neogene age. We propose that crustal compression, due to plate boundary forces transmitted into the plate interior, was the major cause of Cenozoic uplift in southern Britain, witnessing a high strength crust in western Europe. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Geology 36 5 371 |
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Earth Sciences Hillis, Richard R. Holford, Simon P. Green, Paul F. Dore, A.G. Gatliff, Robert Stoker, Martyn Thomson, Ken Turner, Jonathan P. Underhill, John R. Williams, Gareth Cenozoic exhumation of the southern British Isles |
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Rocks that crop out across southern Britain were exhumed from depths of as much as 2.5 km during Cenozoic time. This has been widely attributed to Paleocene regional uplift resulting from igneous underplating related to the Iceland mantle plume. Our compilation of paleothermal and compaction data reveals spatial and temporal patterns of exhumation showing little correspondence with the postulated influence of underplating, instead being dominated by kilometer-scale variations across Cenozoic compressional structures, which in several basins are demonstrably of Neogene age. We propose that crustal compression, due to plate boundary forces transmitted into the plate interior, was the major cause of Cenozoic uplift in southern Britain, witnessing a high strength crust in western Europe. |
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Hillis, Richard R. Holford, Simon P. Green, Paul F. Dore, A.G. Gatliff, Robert Stoker, Martyn Thomson, Ken Turner, Jonathan P. Underhill, John R. Williams, Gareth |
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Hillis, Richard R. Holford, Simon P. Green, Paul F. Dore, A.G. Gatliff, Robert Stoker, Martyn Thomson, Ken Turner, Jonathan P. Underhill, John R. Williams, Gareth |
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Cenozoic exhumation of the southern British Isles |
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Cenozoic exhumation of the southern British Isles |
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Cenozoic exhumation of the southern British Isles |
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Cenozoic exhumation of the southern British Isles |
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Cenozoic exhumation of the southern British Isles |
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cenozoic exhumation of the southern british isles |
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Geological Society of America |
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2008 |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/6727/ http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/content/vol36/issue5/ |
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Hillis, Richard R.; Holford, Simon P.; Green, Paul F.; Dore, A.G.; Gatliff, Robert; Stoker, Martyn; Thomson, Ken; Turner, Jonathan P.; Underhill, John R.; Williams, Gareth. 2008 Cenozoic exhumation of the southern British Isles. Geology, 36 (5). 371-374. https://doi.org/10.1130/G24699A.1 <https://doi.org/10.1130/G24699A.1> |
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