Quantifying 3D crystal populations, packing and layering in shallow intrusions: A case study from the Basement Sill, Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Geosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 537-548

  Jerram, Dougal A ^a   Davis, Graham R ^b   Mock, Alex ^a,c   Charrier, Amanda ^d   Marsh, Bruce D ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Numericalrocks   (Norway)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENE; SILL; TEXTURE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 78049522792     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00538.1     Document Type: Article

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