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On a Granite-Metadolerite Contact at Curran Hill, County Donegal, Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. Hall
Affiliation:
Geology Department, King's College, London, W.C. 2.

Abstract

The paper describes reaction zones at a contact between the Older Granodiorite of Donegal and an included mass of metadolerite. The metadolerite has been converted to a biotite-rich rock and the granodiorite has been converted to a leucotrondhjemite. Chemical analyses and petrographic descriptions are given for each of the rock types.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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