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From Dolerite to Diorite: Older Granite Activity near Ellon, Aberdeenshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

O. C. Farquhar
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Marischal College, Aberdeen.

Abstract

Hornblende-schists, probably intruded as dolerite sills, have been permeated by trondhjemitic material. Conversion to rocks of dioritic aspect is the end-stage of this process, but the intermediate stages are more common. The conversion has been effected with little displacement so that all varieties can be observed in their correct sequence.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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