The palaeoenvironments of the Rhynie Cherts

With a radiometric age of 396 ± 12 ma, the Rhynie Cherts, Grampian Region, Scotland, are the oldest unequivocal surface expression of an epithermal system in the world. Data is presented from 8 cored boreholes drilled within 100m of the Rhynie Cherts subcrop. The cherts are present in the upper part...

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Main Author: Powell, Clare Lorna
Published: University of Aberdeen 1994
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241299