Oroclinal bending in the Caledonides of western Ireland: a mid-Palaeozoic feature controlled by a pre-existing structural grain

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The Caledonides of the west of Ireland mark a segment of the Caledonian-Appalachian orogen where the structural grain swings from the NE-SW trend that typifies the Caledonides of northern Britain to an E-W orientation. The origin of this arcuate structure has previously been proposed to be either primary, reflecting the original geometry of promontories and embayments in the Laurentian margin in this sector of the orogen, or secondary, as evidenced by palaeomagnetically determined clockwise r...

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Authors: Mac Niocaill, C; Smethurst, M; Ryan, P

• Publication status: Published
• Host title: TECTONOPHYSICS
• Volume: 299
• Issue: 1-3
• Pages: 31-47
• Publication date: 1998-12-20
• DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00197-8
• ISSN: 0040-1951
• Keywords: Caledonides; Ireland; rotations; palaeomagnetism; terranes; orocline