A unifying model for the Torridon Group (early Neoproterozoic), NW Scotland: product of post-Grenvillian extensional collapse

• Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Williams, G., Foden, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science BV 2011
• Subjects: Torridonian; depositional environment; provenance; Sm–Nd isotopes; Grenvillian orogenesis; extensional collapse; Bajada; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/68209; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.05.004

The Proterozoic continental deposits of the Torridonian Supergroup in NW Scotland unconformably overlie the Lewisian Complex at the eastern margin of Laurentia and form an important component of British stratigraphy. After more than 100 years of investigations, however, disagreement persists concern...