A fluid inclusion and stable isotope study of 200 Ma of fluid evolution in the Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 120-142

  O'Reilly, C ^a   Jenkin, G R T ^b   Feely, M ^a,d   Alderton, D H M ^c   Fallick, A E ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

IRELAND;

EID: 0031370849     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050327     Document Type: Article

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