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Silurian trench sedimentation in the Southern Uplands, Scotland: implications of new age data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. E. S. Kemp  and
D. E. White
A. E. S. Kemp
Affiliation:
Grant Institute of Geology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW
D. E. White
Affiliation:
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG
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Abstract

Results of detailed remapping of the Kirkcudbright area in the Southern Belt of the Southern Uplands of Scotland, together with new palaeontological data, necessitate revision of the regional structure, and re-interpretation of the sedimentary history of the northwest margin of the Lower Palaeozoic lapetus Ocean. On the east side of Kirkcudbright Bay, at least six sediment-ologically and structurally distinct, subvertical tectonic blocks can be distinguished. Recognition of the Raeberry Castle Formation as a Wenlock turbidite sequence, rather than mid- to late Llandovery as previously interpreted, removes the need to postulate the existence of an axial rise and a distinct basin adjacent to the south, in mid- to late Llandovery times.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 122 , Issue 3 , May 1985 , pp. 275 - 277
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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