On the nature of the parental magma of the Palaeogene Staffa magma sub-type, Isle of Mull, Scotland

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-93

  Kerr, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Hebrides; Mantle

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MAGMA; PALEOGENE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032443024     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300007021     Document Type: Article

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