The Southern Mountains Zone, Isle of Rum, Scotland: Volcanic and sedimentary processes upon an uplifted and subsided magma chamber roof

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-418

  Holohan, E P ^a,d   Troll, V R ^a,e   Errington, M ^b   Donaldson, C H ^b   Nicoll, G R ^a   Emeleus, C H ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breccia; Caldera; Debris flow; Ignimbrite; Intrusion; Isle of Rum; Uplift

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; SUBSIDENCE;

BRECCIA; CALDERA; DEBRIS FLOWS; IGNIMBRITES; INTRUSION; ISLE OF RUM; UPLIFT;

ROCKS;

BRECCIA; DEBRIS FLOW; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; UPLIFT; VOLCANOLOGY;

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

EID: 70349212419     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808005876     Document Type: Article

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