The stratigraphy, correlation, provenance and palaeogeography of the Skiddaw Group (Ordovician) in the English Lake District
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A study on lithostratigraphy shows that there are two stratigraphical belts in the Skiddaw Group of the English Lake District. There are five formations in Northern Fells Belt, mostly made of mudstone, sandstone and are of turbidite origin. Their age varies from Tremadoc to early Llanvirn. In Central Fells Belt, there are two formations with ages varying from late Arenig to Llanvirn. Comparisons are made with the Isle of Man and eastern Ireland.
Publication Name: Geological Magazine
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0016-7568
Year: 1995
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Age of the Grampian event: a discussion of "New evidence that the Lower Cambrian Leny Limestone at Callander, Perthshire, belongs to the Dalradian Supergroup, and a reassessment of the 'exotic' status of the Highland Border Complex." (response to P.W.G. Tanner, Geological Magazine, vol. 134, p. 565, 1997)(includes reply)
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The Grampian orogenic event in the Scottish Dalradian, which includes the structural events Dalradian Supergroup and Keltie Water Grit Formation, is of early Palaeozoic age, perhaps early Ordovician. This is borne out by findings that the 'Dalradian'Ben Ledi Formation and the 'Highland Border' Keltie Water Formation that contains the Lower Cambrian Leny Limestone have the same complex structural history.
Publication Name: Geological Magazine
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0016-7568
Year: 1998
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Discussions on evidence for unconformity at the base of the Eycott Volcanic Group
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The formerly held view of interbedding between the Eycott Volcanic Group and the Skiddaw Group ofthe English Lake District, UK was disproved by a recent study in the area. Evidences have shown an unconformable contact between the two units. Much of recent studies focus on the unconformity and its effect on the stratigraphy andhistorical geology of the area.
Publication Name: Geological Magazine
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0016-7568
Year: 1993
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