Sr and Nd isotope evidence for successive crustal contamination of Slieve Gullion ring-dyke magmas, Co. Armagh, Ireland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 659-668

  Troll, Valentin R ^a   Chadwick, Jane P ^a   Ellam, Robert M ^b   McDonnell, Susan ^a   Emeleus, C Henry ^c   Meighan, Ian G ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal contamination; Isotopes; Northern Ireland; Ring dyke

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTAMINATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; GRANITE; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICON; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHAMBER WALLS; CONTAMINATION HISTORY; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; LOWER PALAEOZOIC; MAGMA CHAMBER; NORTHERN IRELAND; PORPHYRITIC FELSITE; SR AND ND ISOTOPES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DIKE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; RING COMPLEX;

ARMAGH; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 32044462944     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805001068     Document Type: Article

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