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Diorite-Limestone Reaction at Ben Bullen, New South Wales: A Study in Contamination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Germaine A. Joplin
Germaine A. Joplin
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Cambridge.
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Summary and conclusions

It has been shown that diorite tongues invading limestone have given rise to a series of contaminated rocks in which definite mineral assemblages may be recognized. These assemblages are sharply defined and occur in rude concentric arrangement about the tongues.

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Original Articles
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Geological Magazine , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , March 1935 , pp. 97 - 116
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1935

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