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The Orange River, southern Africa; an extreme example of a wave-dominated sediment dispersal system in the South Atlantic Ocean by Bluck, B. J, Ward, J. D, Cartwright, J, Swart, Roger

“…Sediments delivered to the South Atlantic Ocean by the Orange River are fractionated and dispersed northwards and westwards by a vigorous longshore drift…”
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Timing of deposition, orogenesis and glaciation within the Dalradian rocks of Scotland; constraints from U-Pb zircon ages by Dempster, T. J, Rogers, G, Tanner, P. W. G, Bluck, B. J, Muir, R. J, Redwood, S. D, Ireland, T. R, Paterson, B. A

“…The stratigraphical and structural continuity of the Late Proterozoic Dalradian rocks of the Scottish Highlands is re-examined in the light of new U-Pb zircon…”
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Allochthonous metamorphic blocks on the Hebridean passive margin, Scotland by Bluck, B. J, Dempster, T. J, Rogers, G

“…Radiometric age determinations on syn-orogenic intrusive rocks coupled with evidence from field relationships are taken to indicate that metamorphism and…”
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Identifying the controls over downstream fining of river gravels by Hoey, Trevor B, Bluck, Brian J

“…A wide range of rates of downstream fining in gravel-bed rivers has been reported. As a consequence, explanations of the phenomenon range from those that…”
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Tertiary-Age Diamondiferous Fluvial Deposits of the Lower Orange River Valley, Southwestern Africa by Jacob, R J, Bluck, B J, Ward, J D

“…The Orange River, the principal conduit for transportation of diamonds from the southern African interior to the Atlantic coast, has within its lower valley…”
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A high precision U-Pb age for the Ben Vuirich Granite; implications for the evolution of the Scottish Dalradian Supergroup by Rogers, G, Dempster, T. J, Bluck, B. J, Tanner, P. W. G

“…U/Pb analyses of zircons from the Ben Vuirich granite in the Scottish Dalradian succession are reported for carefully picked, abraded fractions of specific…”
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Current controversies in the Caledonides by TANNER, P. W. G., BLUCK, B. J.

“…This set of papers arose from a Discussion Meeting held in the Department of Geology & Applied Geology, University of Glasgow, on 9–10 September 1997. The aim…”
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The age and origin of boulders in the Highland Border Complex; constraints on terrane movements by Dempster, T. J, Bluck, B. J

“…Mid-Proterozoic Rb/Sr muscovite ages on metasedimentary boulders within the Highland Border complex, together with Archaean TDM ages (model ages calculated…”
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Current controversies in the Caledonides; introduction by Tanner, P. W. G, Bluck, B. J

“…This set of papers arose from a Discussion Meeting held in the Department of Geology & Applied Geology, University of Glasgow, on 9-10 September 1997. The aim…”
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Terrane Provenance and Amalgamation: Examples from the Caledonides by Bluck, B. J.

“…The Scottish Caledonides have grown by the accretion of terranes generated somewhere along the Laurentian margin. By the time these terranes had been emplaced…”
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Ordovician conglomerates and the evolution of the Midland Valley by LONGMAN, C. D, BLUCK, B. J, VAN BREEMEN, O

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Tertiary-age diamondiferous fluid deposits of the lower Orange River valley, Southwest Africa by Jacob, R. J, Bluck, B. J, Ward, J. D

“…The Orange River, the principal conduit for transportation of diamonds from the southern African interior to the Atlantic coast, has within its lower valley…”
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Seismological evidence for shallow crystalline basement in the Southern Uplands of Scotland by Hall, J, Powell, D. W, Warner, M. R, El-Isa, Z. H. M, Adesanya, O, Bluck, B. J

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The significance of a reliable Ordovician age for some Highland Border rocks in central Scotland by Curry, G. B, Ingham, J. K, Bluck, B. J, Williams, Alwyn

“…A Lower Arenig fauna with North American affinities has been rediscovered at Dounans, Aberfoyle, Central Scotland. This discovery makes part of the Highland…”
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Discussion on Was Scotland a Vendian RRR junction? by Bluck, B. J, Dempster, T. J, Rogers, G, Soper, N. J

“…B. J. Bluck, T. J. Dempster & G. Rogers write: In a recent Special paper, Soper (1994) contends that Dalradian deposition continued after the emplacement of…”
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Palaeomagnetic constraints on the geological terrane models of the Scottish Caledonides by Trench, A, Dentith, M. C, Bluck, B. J, Watts, D. R, Floyd, J. D

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Anomalies on the Cambro-Ordovician passive margin of Scotland by Bluck, B.J.

“…Various hypotheses have tried to explain the relationships between the metamorphic blocks of Scotland and the craton edge of Laurentia. Whilst the recent…”
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Seismological evidence for shallow crystalline basement in Southern Uplands, Scotland (reply) by HALL, J, POWELL, D. W, WARNER, M. R, EL-ISA, Z. H. M, ADESANYA, O, BLUCK, B. J

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Episodic granite plutonism in the Scottish Caledonides by van Breemen, Otto, Bluck, Brian J

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Short Paper: Detrital mineral ages from the Southern Uplands using 40Ar-39Ar laser probe by KELLEY, S., BLUCK, B. J.

“…Detrital mica ages in the Southern Uplands range from 458 to 502 Ma. The evidence favours a source in a basement which was part of an arc complex to the north…”
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