Basic and ultrabasic volcanic rocks from the Argyll Group (Dalradian) of NE Scotland

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-174

  Macdonald, R ^a   Fettes, D J ^b   Stephenson, D ^b   Graham, C M ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALRADIAN; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; RIFT ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27744446787     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg41020159     Document Type: Article

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