Significance of the early fabric in the contact metamorphic aureole of the 590 Ma Ben Vuirich Granite, Perthshire, Scotland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 683-695

  Tanner, P W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDALUSITE; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CORDIERITE; DALRADIAN; HORNFELS; ROCK FABRIC;

UK, SCOTLAND, TAYSIDE;

EID: 0030430254     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800024547     Document Type: Article

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