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CROWLEY, Q., FEELY, M. (1997) New perspectives on the order and style of granite emplacement in the Galway Batholith, western Ireland. Geological Magazine, 134 (4) 539-548 doi:10.1017/s0016756897007218

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TitleNew perspectives on the order and style of granite emplacement in the Galway Batholith, western Ireland
JournalGeological Magazine
AuthorsCROWLEY, Q.Author
FEELY, M.Author
Year1997 (July)Volume134
Issue4
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP)
DOIdoi:10.1017/s0016756897007218Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceCROWLEY, Q., FEELY, M. (1997) New perspectives on the order and style of granite emplacement in the Galway Batholith, western Ireland. Geological Magazine, 134 (4) 539-548 doi:10.1017/s0016756897007218
Plain TextCROWLEY, Q., FEELY, M. (1997) New perspectives on the order and style of granite emplacement in the Galway Batholith, western Ireland. Geological Magazine, 134 (4) 539-548 doi:10.1017/s0016756897007218
In(1997, July) Geological Magazine Vol. 134 (4) Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Abstract/NotesThe late Caledonian Galway Batholith is cut by two major faults


which divide it into three separate

areas: the western, central and eastern blocks. The upthrown and more

deeply eroded central block is

bounded by these faults, in the west by the north–northeast

trending Shannawona Fault and in the east by the

north–northwest trending Barna Fault. We present new granite

field relations from part of the central block

(Inveran sector) which are fundamental in establishing the order

and style of emplacement for the granites

of the central block and the batholith as a whole. Unequivocal field

evidence from the Inveran sector indicates

upward movement of early central block granites which then became the

solid roof rocks to subsequent

intrusions. In the case of the Knock Granite these earlier intrusions

were block stoped. We use this

field evidence to review the geology of the central block in a 200 km2


area that incorporates the previously

mapped Costelloe and Spiddal areas. Sharp intrusive contacts are a

predominant feature of this sector of the

central block and are in marked contrast to the gradational contacts

recorded elsewhere in the batholith.

Whereas juxtaposition of plutons in the western block occurred as

the granites were partly crystallized, the

central block reveals earlier, deeper level granites that were

consolidated by the time they were intruded by

late-stage higher level granites.


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