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Constraints on genetic models for the Ballantrae complex, SW Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2011

P. Stone
P. Stone
Affiliation:
British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, Scotland.
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Abstract

The distribution of Arenig graptolite faunas and zones of differing metamorphic fades help to establish a polyphase imbrication history for the complex. A further complication is introduced by the presence within the imbricate stack of lava sequences of comparable age but with contrasting geochemical signatures of island-arc and oceanic island basalts, and oceanic island sequences of markedly different Arenig ages. Strike-slip mechanisms appear the most likely means of introducing such a disparate assortment of elements into the Ballantrae complex and an origin in a continental margin transform zone is preferred.

Keywords

Arenigimbricationisland-arcoceanic islandophiolitestrike-sliptransform zone
Type
Midland Valley
Information
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 75 , Issue 2: Deep Geology of the Midland Valley of Scotland and Adjacent Regions. Bicentenary Symposium , 1984 , pp. 189 - 191
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1984

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