The Shiant Isles Main Sill: Structure and mineral fractionation trends

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-97

  Gibb, F G F ^a   Henderson, C M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinopyroxene; Differentiated basaltic sill; Extreme zoning; Multiple intrusion; Olivine; Plagioclase; Spinel ilmenite thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE INTRUSION; FRACTIONATION; MINERAL ZONATION; SILL; TERTIARY;

UK, SCOTLAND, WESTERN ISLES, SHIANT ISLES;

EID: 0029750402     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1996.060.398.06     Document Type: Article

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