Carboniferous dykes as monitors of post-Caledonian fluid events in West Connacht, Ireland

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 225-243

  Jenkin, Gawen R T ^a,d   Mohr, Paul ^b,e   Mitchell, John G ^c   Fallick, Anthony E ^a  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alteration; Carboniferous; Chlorite; Connemara; Convection; Dolerite dyke; Excess 40Ar; Galway Granite; K Ar dates; Paleocene; Pyroxene; Sericite; Stable isotopes; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DOLERITE DYKE;

EID: 0031826227     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300006969     Document Type: Article

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