CHEW, D. M. (2003) Structural and stratigraphic relationships across the continuation of the Highland Boundary Fault in western Ireland. Geological Magazine, 140 (1) 73-85 doi:10.1017/s0016756802007008
| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ||
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| Title | Structural and stratigraphic relationships across the continuation of the Highland Boundary Fault in western Ireland | ||
| Journal | Geological Magazine | ||
| Authors | CHEW, D. M. | Author | |
| Year | 2003 (January) | Volume | 140 |
| Issue | 1 | ||
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) | ||
| DOI | doi:10.1017/s0016756802007008Search in ResearchGate | ||
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 259042 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:259042:8 |
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| Full Reference | CHEW, D. M. (2003) Structural and stratigraphic relationships across the continuation of the Highland Boundary Fault in western Ireland. Geological Magazine, 140 (1) 73-85 doi:10.1017/s0016756802007008 | ||
| Plain Text | CHEW, D. M. (2003) Structural and stratigraphic relationships across the continuation of the Highland Boundary Fault in western Ireland. Geological Magazine, 140 (1) 73-85 doi:10.1017/s0016756802007008 | ||
| In | (2003, January) Geological Magazine Vol. 140 (1) Cambridge University Press (CUP) | ||
| Abstract/Notes | The relationship between the Dalradian Supergroup and the Highland Border Complex in Scotland has remained contentious for over a century. In western Ireland, the contact between the Dalradian Supergroup and the Clew Bay Complex (a correlative of the Highland Border Complex) is superbly exposed on the island of Achill Beg on the North Mayo coast. The unfossiliferous South Achill Beg succession has been traditionally assigned to the Clew Bay Complex, and this interpretation is supported by a combination of Sm–Nd model age data, heavy mineral analysis and lithostratigraphic correlation. TDM ages range from 1.99–2.66 Ga (mean=2.28 Ga, n=6). Detailed structural mapping shows that both the Dalradian and the Clew Bay Complex share the same structural history. A D1 high strain event is common to both units, and is associated with the development of tectonic slides. The D2 event is responsible for the formation of crustal-scale nappes. In both units, beds are consistently downward facing on the S2 foliation. Later dextral shearing (D3) resulted in the tilting of the originally recumbent, S-facing D2 nappes into this downward-facing orientation. Rb–Sr and 40Ar–39Ar radiometric dating of muscovite confirms that both units were deformed contemporaneously as the S2 nappe fabric in each is dated at c. 460 Ma. This Middle Ordovician age for deformation of the Clew Bay Complex is highly significant, not least because published microfossil data suggest a Silurian age. | ||
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