Komatiite lavas occur in the Dunrossness Spilitic Group in southeast Shetland in the Cunningsburgh area. This metavolcanic group is the easternmost member of the East Mainland Succession of Shetland and probably the youngest. It overlies a thick succession of deepwater metasediments and metavolcanic
Age of the migmatisation in the Dalradian of Shetland
β Scribed by FLINN, DEREK; PRINGLE, I. R.
- Book ID
- 109698053
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 202 KB
- Volume
- 259
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/259299a0
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