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Olivine-bearing and other Basic Hornfelses around the Insch Igneous Mass, Aberdeenshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. S. Sadashivaiah
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Abstract

Basic hornfelses occurring at the contact of slates and olivinenorite are ascribed to influx of Ca, Mg, Fe, Ti, Mn, and P from the gabbro magma into the sedimentary rocks. This kind of basic front, unlike those postulated for acid bodies, has a basic back.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , April 1950 , pp. 121 - 130
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1950

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