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Comment on: ‘The structure and petrogenesis of the Trallval and Ruinsival areas of the Rhum ultrabasic pluton’ by J. A. Volker and B. G. J. Upton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2011

J. H. Bédard  and
R. S. J. Sparks
J. H. Bédard
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Canada, Centre Géoscientifique de Québec, 2700 Einstein, CP5700, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada, G1V 4C7.
R. S. J. Sparks
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, U.K.
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Volker and Upton (VU) have provided an excellent contribution to the study of the Rhum complex, providing substantial amounts of descriptive material and new observationsto allow the discussion to rise above mere opinion. VU disagree with two of our (Bédard et al. 1988) principal conclusions about the genesis of the Eastern Layered Series. We argue in the following comment that, on the contrary, their data support and complement our conclusions.

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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 82 , Issue 4 , 1991 , pp. 389 - 390
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1991

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