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Modal and Chemical Analyses in Regional Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

E. H. Timothy Whitten
Affiliation:
Geology Department, Queen Mary College, University of London.

Abstract

A technique for roughly evaluating the chemical variability within a suite of rocks is described and discussed in relation to the composition of the granite and quartzite of N. W. Donegal. The accuracy of this method is compared with more expensive chemical analysis.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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