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Further Data on the Petrology of the Saxa Vord Schists of Unst, Shetland Isles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

N. J. Snelling
N. J. Snelling
Affiliation:
Isotope Geology Section, Geological Survey Of Canada, Ottawa.
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Abstract

The polymetamorphism and fades classification of the Saxa Vord Schists are discussed on the basis of further chemical and mineralogical data now available.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , February 1958 , pp. 50 - 56
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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