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Spinel lherzolite and other xenoliths from a dolerite dyke in southwest Donegal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. Gallagher  and
R. Elsdon
S. Gallagher
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University College, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
R. Elsdon
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University College, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Abstract

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A highly xenolithic dolerite dyke is described which contains a large number of spinel lherzolite xenoliths. The petrology of the dolerite and the xenolith suite is described and electron probe analyses presented for the mineral phases in one of the spinel lherzolite xenoliths. The dyke geochemistry is consistent with a Permo-Carboniferous age.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 127 , Issue 2 , March 1990 , pp. 177 - 180
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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