Isotopic evidence for the age and origin of the “grey gneiss” complex of the southern Outer Hebrides, Scotland

1975 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEPHEN MOORBATH ◽  
JAMES L. POWELL ◽  
PAUL N. TAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
Isotopic Evidence ◽  
Gneiss Complex ◽  
Outer Hebrides ◽  
Grey Gneiss

Isotopic evidence for the extent of early Proterozoic basement in Scotland and northwest Ireland

1991 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Dickin ◽  
D. R. Bowes
Keyword(s):  
Nd Isotope ◽  
Early Proterozoic ◽  
Isotopic Evidence ◽  
Gneiss Complex ◽  
Proterozoic Basement ◽  
Western Ireland ◽  
Isotope Systematics

AbstractTightly clustered Sm–Nd model ages, with an average of 1.96±0.02Ga, for the gneiss complex of Inishtrahull indicate coeval development with the earlyProterozoic gneiss terrane of Islay. The extent of this terrane, largely beneath the Dalradian Supergroup, is argued to be 100×600 km, from northeast Scotland to western Ireland. This is based on the distribution of dated basement in conjunction with Pb, Sr and Nd isotope systematics and inherited zircons in Caledonian granites of the region.

scholarly journals The initiation and early tectonic significance of the Outer Hebrides Fault Zone, Scotland

2002 ◽  
Vol 139 (6) ◽  
pp. 609-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. IMBER ◽  
R. A. STRACHAN ◽  
R. E. HOLDSWORTH ◽  
C. A. BUTLER
Keyword(s):  
Fault Zone ◽  
Thermal Event ◽  
Gneiss Complex ◽  
Tectonic Significance ◽  
Outer Hebrides ◽  
Thrust Zone ◽  
Deformation Event ◽  
Formed Part

The Outer Hebrides Fault Zone is a major ESE-dipping detachment exposed within basement gneisses of the Archaean–Palaeoproterozoic Lewisian Complex, northwest Scotland. The fault zone exhibits a long-lived displacement history and was active during Proterozoic, end-Silurian, Carboniferous and Mesozoic times. The earliest deformation event preserved onshore was associated with top-to-the-NW ductile thrusting. A previous study proposed that thrust-related protomylonitic and mylonitic fabrics are cross-cut by amphibolites (‘Younger Basics’) and Laxfordian granite and pegmatite sheets. This evidence was used to suggest that ductile thrusting occurred during the Palaeoproterozoic Inverian event at c. 2500 Ma. Our observations demonstrate, however, that mylonitic fabrics within the ductile thrust zone are superimposed on all components of the gneiss complex including amphibolites and Laxfordian intrusions. It therefore follows that the Outer Hebrides Fault Zone cannot be older than c. 1685 Ma, the age of recently dated Laxfordian granites in the Outer Hebrides. Geochronological studies have shown that the basement blocks of the northern Outer Hebrides and Scottish mainland have different geological histories and were amalgamated during Proterozoic times at or after c. 1700 Ma. We propose that early ductile thrusting along the Outer Hebrides Fault Zone formed part of this amalgamation process leading to burial and reheating of the footwall gneisses in Lewis and north Harris. This would account for the c. 1100 Ma thermal event recorded by previous workers and implies that ductile thrusting along the Outer Hebrides Fault Zone is of Grenvillian age.

Geochemistry of the Ancient Gneiss Complex of Swaziland; a preliminary investigation

1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.R. Hunter ◽  
Fred Barker ◽  
Z.E. Peterman ◽  
H. T. Millard
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Gneiss Complex

L'île de Harris, Outer Hebrides (Écosse)

1951 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
James B. Card
Keyword(s):  
Outer Hebrides

Spectroscopic and oxygen isotopic evidence for low and high temperature origin of talc

1986 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Noack ◽  
Alain Decarreau ◽  
Alain Manceau
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Isotopic Evidence ◽  
Oxygen Isotopic
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