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A Note on Rhythmic Layering in Hornblende-rich Picrite and Dolerite Intrusions, near Rhiw, Caernarvonshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

T. R. W. Hawkins
T. R. W. Hawkins
Affiliation:
Geological Survey Office, Ring Road Halton, Leeds, 15.
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Abstract

Banding, recorded by previous workers in hornblende picrite and dolerite intrusions near Rhiw, is found to be rhythmic layering. At least three major units (200 to 250 feet in thickness) have been recognized, and intermediate and minor scale units also occur, predominantly within the basal major unit. The majority of the rocks display cumulate textures, and crystallization appears to have been completed by heteradcumulus or adcumulus growth. Thin coarser-grained sheets, rich in plagioclase, and slightly discordant to the layering, are considered to be contemporaneous segregation veins.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 102 , Issue 3 , June 1965 , pp. 222 - 226
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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