The Mull Palaeogene dyke swarm: Insights into the evolution of the Mull igneous centre and dyke-emplacement mechanisms

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 601-622

  Macdonald, R ^a,b   Baginski B ^a   Upton, B G J ^c   Pinkerton, H ^b   MacInnes, D A ^d   MacGillivray, J C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Hollandbush ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e Hollandbush   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

composite dykes; magma mixing; Mull dyke swarm; propagation mechanisms

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC MAGMA; COMPOSITE DYKES; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; DYKE SWARMS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA MIXING; MAGMATIC SYSTEMS; NORTHERN ENGLAND; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; ROCK TYPES; SCOTLAND; SILICIC MAGMAS;

PARAFFIN WAXES;

DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHAMBER; PALEOGENE;

ARGYLL AND BUTE; HEBRIDES; INNER HEBRIDES; MULL; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78049268225     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2010.074.4.601     Document Type: Article

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