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Journal of the Geological Society; 2008; v. 165; issue.5; p. 891-894;
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-044
© 2008 Geological Society of London

Short Communication

New U–Pb and Rb–Sr constraints on pre-Acadian tectonism in North Wales

D.I. SCHOFIELD1, J.A. EVANS2, I.L. MILLAR2, P.R. WILBY1 & J.A. ASPDEN1

1 British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK (e-mail: dis{at}bgs.ac.uk)
2 NERC Isotope Geoscience Laboratories, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK

A new U–Pb date of 615.2 ± 1.3 (2{sigma}) Ma for the Twt Hill Granite, North Wales, contrasts with an Rb–Sr isochron age of 491 ± 12 (2{sigma}) Ma from the same body. The latter age is thought to result from isotope resetting during regional low-grade metamorphism or fault reactivation. The Rb–Sr age also coincides with the onset of latest Cambrian to Early Tremadoc regression and is taken to reflect tectonic uplift prior to the Arenig overstep at around 478 Ma. It is proposed that this in turn reflects plate-scale processes along the contemporary peri-Gondwanan continental margin.