St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks: A High-Temperature, Mantle-Derived Intrusion
- 24 March 1967
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 155 (3769) , 1532-1535
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.155.3769.1532
Abstract
St. Paul's Rocks, often postulated to be an exposure of the suboceanic mantle, consists of a wider variety of rocks than previously recognized. These perhaps crystallized at different mantle levels, and were subsequently incorporated and mylonitized in a hot but solid intrusion.Keywords
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