Phase equilibria testing of a multiple pulse mechanism for origin of maficultramafic intrusions: A case example of the Shiant Isles Main Sill, NW Scotland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 851-875

  Latypov, Rais ^a   Chistyakova, Sofya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crystallization sequences; Liquidus phase equilibria; Maficultramafic intrusions; Multiple pulse emplacement; Shiant Isles Main Sill

Indexed keywords

OLIVINE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES; DIFFERENTIATION PROCESS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION PROCESS; LIQUIDUS; MAFICULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIONS; MULTIPLE PULSE; SHIANT ISLES MAIN SILL;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SILL; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

HEBRIDES; OUTER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; SHIANT ISLES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 67651150791     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809006499     Document Type: Article

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