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The Kirkmabreck Granodiorite, near Creetown, South Galloway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

F. G. H. Blyth
F. G. H. Blyth
Affiliation:
Geology Department, Imperial College, London, S.W.7.
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Abstract

The structure and flow-layering of a granodiorite dyke, as seen in extensive quarry exposures, are described and related to quarrying directions and the regional tectonic pattern.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 92 , Issue 4 , August 1955 , pp. 321 - 328
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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