New perspectives on the order and style of granite emplacement in the Galway Batholith, western Ireland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 539-548

  Crowley, Q ^a   Feely, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; EMPLACEMENT MECHANISM; FAULTING; GRANITE;

IRELAND, COUNTY GALWAY;

EID: 0031436004     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897007218     Document Type: Article

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