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The Origin of Igneous Rocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Arthur Holmes
Arthur Holmes
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The University, Durham.
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THE leading problems presented by igneous rocks are:—

(a) the nature and sources of the primary magmas;

(b) the mechanics of magmatic intrusion and emplacement; and

(c) the processes which have brought about the manifold diversity of igneous rock-types.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 69 , Issue 12 , December 1932, pp. 543 - 558
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1932

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