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An extension of the granophyric quartz-dolerite intrusion of Centre 2, Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. S. Butchins
C. S. Butchins
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WCIE 6BT
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Summary

Sheet-like bodies of dolerite with granophyre within the Hypersthene-gabbro on the NE shore of Sanna Bay are shown to be akin to the granophyric quartz-dolerite, and suggest that the latter originally extended for a considerable distance N of its previously mapped limits.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 110 , Issue 5 , September 1973 , pp. 473 - 475
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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