Plagioclase-rich microgranular inclusions from the late-Caledonian Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-120

  Graham, N T ^b   Feely, M ^a   Callaghan, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Galway granite; Melt segregation; Microgranular inclusions; Oligoclase; Synneusis

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; ENCLAVE; GRANITE; INCLUSION; MELT INCLUSION;

CONNEMARA; IRELAND;

EID: 0034074979     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646100549030     Document Type: Article

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