The structure and petrology of the Cnoc nan Cuilean Intrusion, Loch Loyal Syenite Complex, NW Scotland

In NW Scotland, several alkaline intrusive complexes of Silurian age intrude the Caledonian orogenic front. The most northerly is the Loch Loyal Syenite Complex, which is divided into three separate intrusions (Ben Loyal, Beinn Stumanadh and Cnoc nan Cuilean). Mapping of the Cnoc nan Cuilean intrusi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Geological magazine 2013-09, Vol.150 (5), p.783-800
Hauptverfasser:	HUGHES, HANNAH S. R., GOODENOUGH, KATHRYN M., WALTERS, ABIGAIL S., MCCORMAC, MICHAEL, GUNN, A. GUS, LACINSKA, ALICJA
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	alkalic composition Alkalinity allanite Beinn Stumanadh Intrusion Ben Loyal Intrusion Caledonides Cnoc nan Cuilean Intrusion country rocks dikes epidote group Europe geometry Great Britain Heterogeneity hydrothermal alteration igneous and metamorphic rocks igneous rocks inclusions intrusions Loch Loyal Complex lopoliths metal ores metasomatism mineral composition mineral exploration northwestern Scotland Original Articles orthosilicates Paleozoic Petrology plutonic rocks rare earth deposits Rare earth elements Scotland silicates Silurian sorosilicates structural geology syenites tectonics textures United Kingdom veins Veins (geology) Western Europe xenoliths
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