Lower crustal and possible shallow mantle samples from beneath the Hebrides: evidence from a xenolithic dyke at Gribun, western Mull

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 813-828

  Upton, B G J ^a   Aspen, P ^a   Rex, D C ^b   Melcher, F ^c   Kinny, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Institut fur Geowissenschaften Leoben   (Austria)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIKE; LOWER CRUST; PYROXENITE; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; APATITE; FELDSPAR; GRADING; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ILMENITE; MAGNESITE; MAGNETITE; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

GRANULITE FACIES; LOWER CRUST; PYROXENITE; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITHS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0032433580     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.5.0813     Document Type: Article

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