Abstract
34 igneous clasts of predominantly rhyolitic composition of the Parishholm- and Hareshaw-Conglomerate (Silurian, Hagshaw Hills inlier, Midland Valley, Scotland) have been analysed for major and trace element contents. The geochemical composition of the clasts indicates different source areas. Firstly, some clasts are derived from rhyolites of a within-plate setting (peralkaline rhyolites of oceanic islands or continental rifts) and secondly, other clasts are derived from calc-alkaline to high-K rhyolites. Such rhyolites erupt mainly above convergent plate boundaries, but occur also in continental areas of crustal extension. Both conglomerates were shed from the direction of the Southern Uplands into the Midland Valley. Since no calc-alkaline rhyolites are known in the Southern Uplands, a volcanic terrane should have been situated during the Silurian in the area where the Southern Uplands lie now. The geotectonic character of this terrane cannot unequivocally be identified with the help of the trace element data of the clasts. Therefore several models are discussed.
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