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A Metamorphic Boundary in the Moine Schists of the Morar and Knoydart Districts of Inverness-shire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. St. J. Lambert
R. St. J. Lambert
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford.
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Abstract

A re-examination of the Moine—Sub-Moine boundary of the Morar dome shows it to be a zone of transition between two metamorphic states. Some notes on the structure accompany a mineralogical description of the changes across the boundary; discussion is made of evidence that the metamorphic boundary transgresses the geological boundaries. The schists of the core are thought to be in a lower metamorphic state than those of the envelope.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , June 1958 , pp. 177 - 194
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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