Variations in magnetic properties of Unit 10, Eastern Layered Intrusion, Isle of Rum, Scotland: Implications for patterns of high temperature hydrothermal alteration

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 91-112

  Housden, J ^a   O'Reilly, W ^a   Day, S J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hydrothermal alteration; layered intrusion; magnetic properties

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETITE; PERIDOTITE;

UK, SCOTLAND, HEBRIDES, RUM;

EID: 0029756847     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300006362     Document Type: Article

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