Geochemistry of late Caledonian minettes from Northern Britain: Implications for the Caledonian sub-continental lithospheric mantle

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 221-236

  Canning, Jason C ^a   Henney, P J ^b   Morrison, M A ^a   Gaskarth, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonian; Continental lithospheric mantle; Great Glen fault; Minette; Newer granites

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MINETTE;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0029730920     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1996.060.398.15     Document Type: Article

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