The formation of columnar joints produced by cooling in basalt at Staffa, Scotland
Columnar jointing in basaltic lava flows on the island of Staffa, NW Scotland, was studied using a combination of field mapping and measurement of column dimensions, sample petrology and measurements of plagioclase crystal size distributions (CSDs) interpreted using theoretical models of cooling. Fo...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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