Cognate gabbroic xenoliths from a tholeiitic subvolcanic sill complex: Implications for fractional crystallization and crustal contamination processes

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-349

  Preston, R J ^a,b,c   Bell, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Crustal contamination; Feldspathic peridotite; Fractional crystallization; Gabbro; Pyroxenite; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENITE; XENOLITH;

UK, SCOTLAND, STRATHCLYDE, MULL, LOCH SCRIDAIN;

EID: 0030780243     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1997.061.406.01     Document Type: Article

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