Structural setting and petrogenesis of the Ben Vuirich granite Pluton of the Grampian Highlands: A pre-orogenic, rift-related intrusion

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-136

  Tanner, P W G ^a   Leslie, A G ^b   Gillespie, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PETROGENESIS; PLUTON; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAMPIAN HIGHLANDS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750725423     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg42020113     Document Type: Article

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