Revised Correlation of Ordovician Rocks in the British Isles, A
Print publication date: 13/07/2000
Earth and Solar System History, Regional Geology and General Interest, GSL Special Reports, Geological Society of London
Type: Book (Paperback)
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781862390690
Weight: 0.4kg
Number of pages: 86
£18.00
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Product Code: SR024
By R.A. Fortey, D.A.T. Harper, J. Keith Ingham, A.W. Owen, M.A. Parkes, A.W.A. Rushton and N. Woodcock
This is a revised and expanded edition from the 1972 publication due to subsequent research in the post plate tectonic era, providing an up to the minute account of the British Ordovician formation and their correlation nationally and internationally. The British sections are the type for the Ordovician System and classical in stratigraphical, tectonic and volcanic studies. The Charts bring together thirty years of research over the period in which plate tectonics has revolutionised our understanding of the Lower Palaeozoic of the British Isles. Also includes comprehensive literature of papers published since 1970 and the most comprehensive treatment of Ireland ever attempted. Readership: UK and international stratigraphers, palaeontologists and field geologists researching rock of Ordovician age. Particularly those interested in the Welsh mountains and the Lake District of the UK.
1. Introduction and scope of report. 2. Definitions of chronostratigraphic subdivisions in the Ordovician System. 3. Terranes in the British and Irish Ordovician. 4. South Wales. 5. North Wales. 6. Welsh Borderland. 7. Southern England and subsurface. 8. Northern England. 9. Scotland: the Southern Uplands. 10. Scotland: the Highland Border Complex and Grampian Terrane. 12. NW Scotland: Hebridean Terrane. 13. Ireland. 14. International correlation. References. Index.
