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A Tholeiite Dyke near Buxton, Derbyshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

F. Wolverson Cope
Affiliation:
Bedford College, London.

Extract

THE dyke which is to be described is of interest for two reasons: first, because a dyke actually cutting the limestones of Derbyshire has never been recorded, and secondly on account of the xenoliths which it contains.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1933

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