Report on the Geology of the North-West of Sutherland

Peach, B. N.; Horne, John

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“…They started mapping in 1881; within a few months, they showed, unequivocally, that Callaway and Lapworth were correct in their view that the Moine Thrust Zone exists as a major low-angle dislocation. Soon, another travesty ensued, highlighted by papers in Nature by Peach & Horne (1884) and Geikie (1884) announcing the discovery of the Moine Thrust and coining the term 'thrust' with scant reference to Nicol, Callaway and Lapworth. Lapworth (1885) summarized his position and coined the phrase 'The Highland Controversy'.…”

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“…Lapworth (1885) summarized his position and coined the phrase 'The Highland Controversy'. Nevertheless, the superb mapping of Peach, Horne, Clough and their Survey colleagues culminated in, perhaps, the finest publication in the field of geology, the 1907 British Geological Survey Memoir on the Geological Structure of the North-west Highlands of Scotland (Peach et al 1907). The time-line for the actors and events in this great Scottish Victorian/Edwardian geological drama is summarized in Figure 1.…”

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“…A long-lived controversy in Scottish geology is the extent to which the Torridonian and Moine are lateral equivalents, with differing opinions expressed by Ben Peach and his Survey colleagues (Peach et al 1907). Constraints on the age of sedimentation of the two successions are relatively poor.…”

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The Neoproterozoic to Mid-Devonian evolution of Scotland: a review and unresolved issues

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The purpose of this review paper is to identify and outline some critical questions about the geology and tectonic evolution of the Scottish Caledonides in their wider Caledonian/Appalachian context. We outline what we think we know and what we perceive to be some important problems from about 1.0 Ga (Grenville Orogeny) to the Middle Devonian (Acadian Orogeny). We do not attempt in-depth analyses of any terrain or tectonic topic in this review but, mainly, pose questions. Scotland is considered in the context of the Irish Caledonides and the Northern Appalachians, especially Newfoundland, so we make reference to these areas where appropriate. Each section is intended as 'stand-alone', not dependent upon prior or subsequent sections; the sequence of sections, roughly in time order, has a historical narrative thread. We have not included cross-sectional schematic diagrams because we do not have a clear picture of plate boundary zone and terrane arrangements in the Caledonides. There are too many enigmas, paradoxes and unknowns to draw tectonic cross-sections with conviction.

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The Neoproterozoic to Mid-Devonian evolution of Scotland: a review and unresolved issues

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“…The most ubiquitous Cambrian deep-penetrating, nearshore burrows belong to the ichnogenus Skolithos (e.g., Droser, 1991). These commonly occur as dense concentrations within nearshore sandstone beds, colloquially termed pipe rock (Peach and Horne, 1884;Hallam and Swett, 1966;Droser, 1991;McIlroy and Garton, 2004). Pipe rock occurs first in the lower Cambrian, reached peak abundance during the Cambrian, and experienced a long-term decline through the Paleozoic (Droser, 1991).…”

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Lower Cambrian Anemone Burrows From the Upper Member of the Wood Canyon Formation, Death Valley Region, United States: Paleoecological and Paleoenvironmental Significance

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“…For well over a hundred years, structural geologists have recognized that significant displacements are accommodated in shear zones with widths of centimetres to metres (Heim 1878;Bertrand 1884;Peach & Horne 1884;Boullier & Quenardel 1981;Milton & Williams 1981;Harris et al 1983;Siddans 1983;Groshong Jr et al 1984). More recently, geodetic data have shown that, globally, tectonic strains are accommodated in relatively few discrete zones (Kreemer et al 2000(Kreemer et al , 2003.…”

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The microstructural and rheological evolution of shear zones

Austin

2011

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Evidence of localized strain is ubiquitous in deformed lithospheric rocks. Recent advances in laboratory deformation techniques, including the use of torsion experiments, have enabled the coupling of microstructural and rheological evolution to be investigated in experiments run to strains approaching those reached in many natural shear zones. Further, the increased use of electron backscatter diffraction to quantify crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) has significantly increased understanding of CPO formation and evolution. Combined, these laboratory and field observations support the assertion that a rock's microstructure is strongly linked to its rheology. However, complete quantification of the coupling between microstructure and rheology is complicated by the fact that rocks have inherently complex microstructures. This paper reviews recent work focused on quantifying the rates of microstructural evolution and the attainment of steady state for two key microstructural parameters: grain size and crystallographic preferred orientation. Theoretical considerations, laboratory measurements and field observations suggest that a full description of all relevant microstructural parameters, and the appropriate evolution equations for these parameters, may be needed to link microstructural and rheological evolution and therefore to quantify the bulk rheology of the lithosphere.

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Report on the Geology of the North-West of Sutherland

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The Neoproterozoic to Mid-Devonian evolution of Scotland: a review and unresolved issues

The Neoproterozoic to Mid-Devonian evolution of Scotland: a review and unresolved issues

Lower Cambrian Anemone Burrows From the Upper Member of the Wood Canyon Formation, Death Valley Region, United States: Paleoecological and Paleoenvironmental Significance

The microstructural and rheological evolution of shear zones

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