Radioelement concentrations in British Tertiary Granites
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Geological Magazine
- Vol. 113 (3) , 271-276
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800043259
Abstract
Summary: The radioelement concentrations of K, U, and Th have been determined for 9 samples of granite from the Western Red Hills, Isle of Skye, Scotland, and for 10 granite specimens from the Mourne Mountains, Ireland, and are compared to 2 published results for Lundy Island granite. The concentrations are distinctly different for each of the 3 centres, and although the data do not provide conclusive proof, they favour generation of the granites by fractional crystallization of basic magmas.Keywords
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