Early mafic magmatism and crustal anatexis on the Isle of Rum: Evidence from the Am Màm intrusion breccia

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 368-381

  Nicoll, Graeme R ^a,g   Holness, Marian B ^b   Troll, Valentin R ^a,c   Donaldson, Colin H ^d   Holohan, Eoghan P ^a,e   Emeleus, C Henry ^f   Chew, David ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Felsic magmas; Geochemistry; Intrusion breccia; Isle of Rum; Magma crust interaction; North Atlantic Igneous Province

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY;

FELSIC MAGMA; INTRUSION BRECCIA; ISLE OF RUM; MAGMA-CRUST INTERACTION; NORTH ATLANTIC IGNEOUS PROVINCE;

ROCKS;

ANATEXIS; BRECCIA; CALDERA; EMPLACEMENT; FELSIC ROCK; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM;

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

EID: 70349392624     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808005864     Document Type: Article

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