Evidence for significant granite creation by the ballooning mechanism: The example of the Ardara pluton, Ireland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1543-1558

  Molyneux, S J ^a   Hutton, D H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donegal; Emplacement; Granite; Ireland; Strain

Indexed keywords

GRANITE;

CRYSTAL SEPARATION; DONEGAL; EMPLACEMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRELAND; LARGE COMPONENTS; SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL MAPPING;

STRAIN;

EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; PLUTON; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

ARDARA PLUTON; COUNTY DONEGAL; IRELAND;

EID: 84879884880     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1543:EFSGSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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