Magma mixing and mingling textures in granitoids: Examples from the Galway Granite, Connemara, Ireland

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 63-74

  Baxter, S ^a   Feely, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; MIXING; QUARTZ; TEXTURE;

CONNACHT; CONNEMARA; GALWAY [(CNT) CONNACHT]; IRELAND;

EID: 0442265754     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007100200032     Document Type: Article

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