A revised age for the Donegal granites
β Scribed by Halliday, A. N.; Aftalion, M.; Leake, B. E.
- Book ID
- 109718255
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 232 KB
- Volume
- 284
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/284542a0
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## Abstract A recent interpretation of the structural geology and chronology of the northwestern envelope of the Main Donegal Granite by Hutton (1977) is critically examined. Although many aspects of this analysis are sound, there remains serious doubt concerning Hutton's main conclusion that the
## Abstract A RbβSr wholeβrock isochron study indicates that the entire Donegal granite suite was emplaced into orthotectonic Caledonian (Dalradian) rocks over a short interval during midβSilurian to earliestβDevonian times. The Thorr pluton, probably the earliest member of the suite, yields an age
I thank Dr. Berger for his comments on an earlier paper of mine (Hutton 1977) and welcome this opportunity to clarify and expand on various aspects of that work. Berger (1980) has divided the Creeslough Formation in its type area into a lower 'calcareous' unit (occurring in the SE) and an upper pel