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Potassium–argon ages from the Tertiary Ring Complexes of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Western Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. G. Mitchell  and
K. P. Keen
J. G. Mitchell
Affiliation:
School of Physics, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
K. P. Keen
Affiliation:
School of Physics, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
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Summary

Potassium–argon age studies on the central intrusion complexes of Ardnamurchan, Western Scotland, indicate that they were emplaced at a time between 59 and 61 Ma ago. The time period associated with the cooling was probably less than of the order of a million years. The temporal setting of the Ardnamurchan complexes in the context of the other British Tertiary igneous centres is examined in the light of the new data.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 110 , Issue 4 , July 1973 , pp. 331 - 340
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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