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Journal of the Geological Society; June 1989; v. 146; no. 3; p. 405-408; DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.146.3.0405
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Short Paper: Palaeomagnetic constraints on the geological terrane models of the Scottish Caledonides

A. TRENCH1, M. C. DENTITH2, B. J. BLUCK1, D. R. WATTS1 and J. D. FLOYD3

1 Department of Geology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G128QQ, UK
2 Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’S, Newfoundland A1C 3X7, Canada
3 British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK

A compilation of new and published palaeomagnetic data from the Scottish Caledonides allows construction of Apparent Polar Wander Paths (APWPs) for the Grampian Highlands, Midland Valley and Southern Uplands terranes. Geological incompatibilities between terranes are the result of predominantly palaeolongitudinal movements prior to late Silurian times. A common late Silurian-early Devonian ‘corner’ in each APWP suggests the terranes to have docked (to within the errors of the individual determinations) by this time.




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