S. Tapster

Rapid arc-ophiolite formation during the Grampian-Taconic event: evolution of the Tyrone Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland

The Grampian-Taconic event of the broader Caledonian-Appalachian orogenic cycle records the accretion of oceanic tracts, arc terranes and microcontinental blocks the Laurentian margin during the early Palaeozoic. We present new field constraints, whole rock geochemistry, Sm-Nd is...