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The Petrogenetic Significance of the Contact Relationships of the Donegal Granite in Gweedore and Cloghaneely

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

E. H. T. Whitten
E. H. T. Whitten
Affiliation:
Geology Department, Queen Mary College, University of London.
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Abstract

The “space problem” in north-west Donegal is analysed; structures of country rocks and granite-quartzite contacts, together with marginal granitization, suggest that two space-forming processes operated together. The inter-relationship of these mechanical and chemical processes in Gweedore and Cloghaneely suggests a dual rhythm within Read's (1949) granite series.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 94 , Issue 1 , February 1957 , pp. 25 - 39
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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