Intrusion history of the Portrush Sill, County Antrim, Northern Ireland: Evidence for rapid emplacement and high-temperature contact metamorphism

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-79

  Ledevin, Morgane ^a   Arndt, Nicholas ^a   Cooper, Mark R ^b   Earls, Garth ^b   Lyle, Paul ^b   Aubourg, Charles ^c   Lewin, Eric ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

contact metamorphism; magma contamination; Northern Ireland; Portrush Sill; thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; MAGNETIZATION ANALYSIS; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC IGNEOUS PROVINCE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PORTRUSH SILL; THERMAL MODELLING;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; EMPLACEMENT; GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGNETIZATION; ORTHOPYROXENE; PETROLOGY; PYRRHOTITE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 82955168389     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000537     Document Type: Article

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