The Rum Layered Suite

Developments in Petrology

Volumn 15, Issue C, 1996, Pages 403-439

  Emeleus, C H ^a   Cheadle, M J ^b   Hunter, R H ^b   Upton, B G J ^c   Wadsworth, W J ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005157925     PISSN: 01672894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2894(96)80014-5     Document Type: Article

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