The Centre 3 layered gabbro intrusion, Ardnamurchan, NW Scotland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 897-908

  O'Driscoll, Brian ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ardnamurchan; Gabbros; Layered intrusion; Lopolith

Indexed keywords

ARDNAMURCHAN; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GABBROS; LATE STAGE; LAYERED INTRUSIONS; LOPOLITH; PALAEOGENE; REMAPPING;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAPPING; PALEOGENE; PETROLOGY;

ARDNAMURCHAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35548936615     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756807003846     Document Type: Article

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