Mineral chemistry of the Mull-Morvern Tertiary lava succession, western Scotland

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 62A, Issue PART 3, 1998, Pages 295-312

  Kerr, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractional crystallization; Mull morvern; Plagioclase; Scotland; Tertiary lavas

Indexed keywords

LAVA; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; TERTIARY;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031722194     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646198547639     Document Type: Article

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