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Initiation of the Northumberland basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. R. Leeder
M. R. Leeder
Affiliation:
Sedimentology Research Laboratory, Dept. of Geology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 2AB
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Summary

A north-easterly palaeoslope is demonstrated for the south-eastern Scottish Borders during the Upper Devonian. Alkali basalt extrusion in the (?basal) Tournaisian was followed by initiation of the Northumberland basin as a structural feature. Basin subsidence gave rise to a south-easterly palaeoslope in the Southern Uplands and was coincident with the mid-Tournaisian marine transgression.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 108 , Issue 6 , November 1971 , pp. 511 - 516
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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