BGS Data Catalogue
Microstructural measurements of mafic igneous rocks (NERC Grant NE/N009894/1)
Measurements of the shape and size of plagioclase and olivine grains in a suite of dolerite dykes and sills. The olivine data refer to the family of sills forming the Little Minch Sill Complex where exposed on the Isle of Skye, while the plagioclase work also includes a range of sills and dykes from all over the world. Measurments of dihedral angles at junctions between two grains of plagioclase and one of pyroxene, again in dolerites from dykes and sills, and also from the Rustenburg Suite of the Bushveld Layered Intrusion in South Africa.
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- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2020-09-25
University of Cambridge
-Professor Marian Holness
(Department of Earth Sciences
)Downing Street
,Cambridge
,CB2 3EQ
,University of Cambridge
-Professor Marian Holness
(Department of Earth Sciences
)Downing Street
,Cambridge
,CB2 3EQ
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Sills
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Plagioclase
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Layered intrusions
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Dolerite
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Dykes
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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GREENLAND [id=902000]
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- 1979
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MULL [id=147845]
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- 1979
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SE
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- 2009
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SKYE [id=99845]
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- 1979
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SOUTH AFRICA [id=670000]
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- 1979
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SWE
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- 2009
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SWEDEN [id=132000]
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- 1979
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ZA
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- 2009
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ZAF
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- 2009
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- 2017-01-01
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- 2017-09-30
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- 2011
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- 2010-12-08
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See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
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Measurements of grain size and shape were made from detailed photomicrographs of thin sections. Dihedral angles were measured from thin sections using a universal stage mounted on an optical microscope.
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- b097da42-487b-0ff8-e054-002128a47908 XML
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- English (en)
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- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-06-09
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- UK GEMINI
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2.3
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
,NOTTINGHAM
,NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,NG12 5GG
,United Kingdom
