Carboniferous subvolcanic activity on the Beara Peninsula, SW Ireland

Geological Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-312

  Pracht, M ^a   Kinnaird, J A ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Ireland   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beara Peninsula; Devonian Carboniferous; Geochemistry; Ireland; Magmatism; Munster Basin; Sills and dykes

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM;

IRELAND, COUNTY CORK, BEARA PENINSULA; IRELAND, COUNTY KERRY, BEARA PENINSULA;

EID: 0031447716     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1034(199712)32:4<297::AID-GJ736>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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