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An Occurrence of Tilleyite-Bearing Limestones in the Isle Of Rhum, Inner Hebrides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Charles J. Hughes
Charles J. Hughes
Affiliation:
Geological Survey Saltpond, Ghana.
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Abstract

Metamorphosed limestones carrying tilleyite are described from the northern slopes of Glen Dibidil, Isle of Rhum.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 97 , Issue 5 , October 1960 , pp. 384 - 388
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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