Layers in intrusive rocks

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One of a series of images with descriptions of igneous and volcanic geological features in field environments. (45.76Mb)

Date

2009-04

Author

Barker, Daniel S.

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Department

Geological Sciences

Subject

intrusive igneous rocks
layering
mineral orientations
mineral compositions
gravitational sorting
flow differentiation
injection
magmas
intrusive body
rhythmic precipitation
depletion
undersaturation
chromite
plagioclase
Bushveld complex, Dwars River, South Africa
Peridotite
Addie, North Carolina
Vertical layers
Rougemont, Quebec
Cross-cutting layers
syenite
Mount Johnson, Quebec
Rhythmic layers
Kringlerne, Ilimaussaq complex, SW Greenland
Sunken block
roof rock
Kangerdluassuq fjord, Greenland
Photomicrograph
Alkali feldspar
blue amphibole
eudialyte
granite
Nine Point Mesa intrusion
Big Bend National Park, Texas
Gabbro
Mount Royal, Quebec
Schlieren
Enchanted Rock, Texas
nepheline syenite
Spitskop, South Africa
dipping layers
Steelpoort Valley, South Africa
Phlogopite
Diopside
apatite
Foskor Pit, Palabora Complex, South Africa
Diorite
Pleasant Bay, Maine
Mafic rocks
Port Coldwell complex, Ontario
ferroaugite syenite
Glaciated outcrop
Lake Superior
Ney Provincial Park, Ontario
ultramafic rocks
Garbh Bheinn, Skye
Anorthosite
Stillwater Complex, Montana
Layered gabbro
Ushuswanna Complex South Africa
G-3 granite
Post-tectonic granite
Soldaatenbaai, Cape Province, South Africa
Richard Grant Cawthorn
Lers, French Pyrenees
Donegal Granite
Glen Quarry, Ireland
Volcanology
Igneous rocks
Field geology
Field photography
velocity vectors

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http://hdl.handle.net/2152/6291

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