Intrusive history of the Slieve Gullion ring dyke, Ireland: Implications for the internal structure of silicic sub-caldera magma chambers

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 725-738

  McDonnell, S ^a   Troll, V R ^a   Emeleus, C H ^b   Meighan, I G ^c   Brock, D ^a   Gould, R J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caldera collapse; Magma chamber dynamics; Ring dykes; Slieve gullion

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALS;

MAGMA; PORPHYRITIC FELSITE;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

DIKE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PALEOGENE; RING COMPLEX;

ARMAGH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; SLIEVE GULLION; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11144261885     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461046850215     Document Type: Article

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