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Title: | The petrogenesis and geochemistry of the dioritic complexes south of Balmoral forest, Angus | ||||||
Author: | Jarvis, Kym E. |
ISNI:
0000 0001 3589 337X
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Awarding Body: | City of London Polytechnic | ||||||
Current Institution: | London Metropolitan University | ||||||
Date of Award: | 1987 | ||||||
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The Glen Doll and Juan Jorge Complexes are two contrasting late Caledonian calc-alkaline plutons intruded into Middle Dalradian metasediments at the northern end of Glen Clova, in the Angus district of Tayside, Scotland. The Glen Doll Complex (12 km squared) constitutes a wide range of rock types from olivine gabbro, through diorite to adamellite. The bulk (> 80%) of the succession consists of heterogeneous hornblende- and pyroxene-bearing diorites. Partially assimilated rafted metasedimentary xenoliths, are common in the intermediate rock types. The basic rocks are cumulates which display wall-parallel layering. Mineralogical variation displays a transition from pyroxene-dominated anhydrous assemblages to amphibole-dominated assemblages. The diorites by contrast display floor-parallel layering and typically contain cumulate magnetite and ilmenite. Petrographic and mineralogical data suggests that fractionation played an important role in the evolution of the cumulate rocks.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.376676 | DOI: | Not available | ||||
Keywords: | 550 - Earth Sciences | ||||||
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