Potassium–argon ages from the Cheviot Hills, northern England

J. G. Mitchell

doi:10.1017/S0016756800039807

Summary

Potassium–argon ages of a variety of rocks and minerals from the Cheviot Hills, northern England, lie in the range 390 m.y. to 370 m.y. The Cheviot granite, dated at 380 m.y., has an age similar to that of many of the younger members of the British late Caledonian granites.

References

Brown, P. E., Miller, J. A. & Grasty, R. L. 1968. Isotopic ages of late Caledonian granitic intrusions in the British Isles. Proc. Yorks. geol. Soc. 36, 251–76.Google Scholar

Carruthers, R. G., Burnett, G. A., Anderson, W. & Thomas, H. H. 1932. Geology of the Cheviot Hills. Mem. geol. Survey Gt Br.Google Scholar

Dalrymple, G. B. & Lanphere, M. A. 1969. Potassium–argon dating. W. H. Freeman, San Francisco.Google Scholar

Eastwood, T. 1953. British Regional Geology, Northern England. H.M.S.O., London.Google Scholar

Grasty, R. L. & Miller, J. A. 1965. The Omegatron, a useful tool for argon isotope investigations. Nature, Lond. 207, 1146–8.CrossRef Google Scholar

Harland, W. B., Smith, A. G. & Wilcock, B. 1964. Q. Jl geol. Soc. Lond. 120.Google Scholar

Miller, J. A. & Brown, P. E. 1965. Potassium–argon age studies in Scotland. Geol. Mag. 102, 106–34.Google Scholar

Read, H. H. & MacGregor, A. G. 1956. British Regional Geology, The Grampian Highlands. H.M.S.O., Edinburgh.Google Scholar

Crossref Citations

This article has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by Crossref.

BROWN, G. C. and HUGHES, D. J. 1973. Great Glen Fault and Timing of Granite Intrusion on the Proto-Atlantic Continental Margins. Nature Physical Science, Vol. 244, Issue. 139, p. 129.

Briden, J. C. Morris, W. A. and Piper, J. D. A. 1973. Palaeomagnetic Studies in the British Caledonides?VI Regional and Global Implications. Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 34, Issue. 1, p. 107.

Thorning, L. 1974. Palaeomagnetic Results from Lower Devonian Rocks of the Cheviot Hills, Northern England. Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 36, Issue. 2, p. 487.

Mitchell, J. G. Jones, E. J. W. and Jones, G. T. 1976. The composition and age of basalts dredged from the Blackstones igneous centre, western Scotland. Geological Magazine, Vol. 113, Issue. 6, p. 525.

Beckmann, G.E.J. and Mitchell, J.G. 1976. Palaeomagnetic and geochronological work in central west greenland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 30, Issue. 2, p. 269.

Robson, D. A. 1977. The structural history of the Cheviot and adjacent regions. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 13, Issue. 3, p. 255.

Tucker, Maurice E. 1977. Report of the 1976 summer field meeting in North East England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 88, Issue. 4, p. 275.

Jeans, C. V. Merriman, R. J. and Mitchell, J. G. 1977. Origin of Middle Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous fuller's earths in England. Clay Minerals, Vol. 12, Issue. 1, p. 11.

Buist, D. S. Ineson, P. R. and Mitchell, J. G. 1979. Isotopic age determinations on the composite sill and associated olivine dolerite, South Bute. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 15, Issue. 4, p. 257.

Piper, J.D.A. 1979. Aspects of Caledonian palaeomagnetism and their tectonic implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 44, Issue. 2, p. 176.

Halliday, A. N. Aftalion, M. van Breemen, O. and Jocelyn, J. 1979. Petrogenetic significance of Rb-Sr and U-Pb isotopic systems in the 400 Ma old British Isles granitoids and their hosts. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Vol. 8, Issue. 1, p. 653.

Robson, D. A. and Green, A. G. 1980. A magnetic survey of the aureole around the Cheviot granite. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 16, Issue. 1, p. 11.

MITCHELL, J. G. INESON, P. R. and BUIST, D. S. 1980. ISOTOPIC AGE DETERMINATIONS ON A BASALT INTRUSION AND ULTRABASIC XENOLITHS, SOUTH BUTE, SCOTLAND. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol. 43, Issue. 2, p. 179.

Thirlwall, M. F. 1981. Implications for Caledonian plate tectonic models of chemical data from volcanic rocks of the British Old Red Sandstone. Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 138, Issue. 2, p. 123.

Jeans, C. V. Merriman, R. J. Mitchell, J. G. and Bland, D. J. 1982. Volcanic clays in the Cretaceous of southern England and Northern Ireland. Clay Minerals, Vol. 17, Issue. 1, p. 105.

Halliday, A. N. and Mitchell, J. G. 1983. K–Ar ages of clay concentrates from Irish orebodies and their bearing on the timing of mineralisation. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol. 74, Issue. 1, p. 1.

Mitchell, J.G. Le Bas, M.J. Zielonka, J. and Furnes, H. 1983. On dating the magmatism of Maio, Cape Verde Islands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 64, Issue. 1, p. 61.

Mitchell, J.G. Askvik, H. and Resi, H.G. 1984. Potassium-argon ages of schist honestones from the viking age sites at Kaupang (Norway), Aggersborg (Denmark), Hedeby (West Germany) and Wolin (Poland), and their archaeological implications. Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 11, Issue. 2, p. 171.

Mitchell, J.G. and Taka, A.S. 1984. Potassium and argon loss patterns in weathered micas: Implications for detrital mineral studies, with particular reference to the triassic palaeogeography of the British Isles. Sedimentary Geology, Vol. 39, Issue. 1-2, p. 27.

Baxter, A. N. and Mitchell, J. G. 1984. Camptonite-Monchiquite dyke swarms of Northern Scotland; Age relationships and their implications. Scottish Journal of Geology, Vol. 20, Issue. 3, p. 297.

Download full list

Article contents

Potassium–argon ages from the Cheviot Hills, northern England

Summary

Access options

References

This article has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by Crossref.

Article contents

Potassium–argon ages from the Cheviot Hills, northern England

Summary

Access options

References

Save article to Kindle

Save article to Dropbox

Save article to Google Drive

Reply to: Submit a response

Your details

You have entered the maximum number of contributors

Conflicting interests