Archaean intracrustal differentiation from partial melting of metagabbro-field and geochemical evidence from the central region of the Lewisian complex, NW Scotland

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2115-2138

  Johnson, T E ^a   Fischer, S ^a   White, R W ^a   Brown, M ^b   Rollinson, H R ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaean; Intracrustal differentiation; Lewisian complex; Metagabbro; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CLINOPYROXENE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HETEROGENEITY; HOST ROCK; LEWISIAN; LITHOLOGY; METAGABBRO; MIGMATITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PLAGIOCLASE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865633832     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs046     Document Type: Article

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