FEW analytical data exist for staurolite, in comparison with other metamorphic minerals such as garnet. However, using the microprobe, Hollister and Bence (1967) working with relatively inclusion-free specimens from the Kwoiek Area, British Columbia, established compositional zoning across staurolite in addition to compositional irregularities across sectoral twin boundaries. The staurolites st...

andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite occur in well-defined zones in the ardara aureole, nwireland. temperature and pressure conditions of the al2sio5-bearing pelites in this aureole wereestimated using ten different calibrations of garnet-biotite thermometry and five calibrations of garnetplagioclase-al2sio5-quartz barometry. the different calibrations provide different estimates oftemperature a...

the formation of atoll garnet in the ardara aureole, nw ireland, is discussed using the textural, chemical and electron backscatter diffraction (ebsd) data. textural evidence suggests the possibility of incipient of garnet replacement from the core. in addition, the presence of staurolite and andalusite in the core of small atoll garnets as well as the occurrence of sillimanite in the core of l...

The formation of atoll garnet in the Ardara aureole, NW Ireland, is discussed using the textural, chemical and Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) data. Textural evidence suggests the possibility of incipient of garnet replacement from the core. In addition, the presence of staurolite and andalusite in the core of small atoll garnets as well as the occurrence of sillimanite in the core of l...

The relations of fibrolite-biotite are discussed by presenting data from the Ardara aureole, NW Ireland. Biotite-fibrolite intergrowths are developed in all three aureole zones including: the outer kyanite-bearing andalusite zone, the middle kyanite-free andalusite zone and the inner prismatic sillimanite zone. A strain-assisted mechanism is proposed for the fibrolitisation of biotite in the Ar...

the relations of fibrolite-biotite are discussed by presenting data from the ardara aureole, nw ireland. biotite-fibrolite intergrowths are developed in all three aureole zones including: the outer kyanite-bearing andalusite zone, the middle kyanite-free andalusite zone and the inner prismatic sillimanite zone. a strain-assisted mechanism is proposed for the fibrolitisation of biotite in the ar...

Magmatic and tectonic processes can transport large volumes of magma generated in the deep crust as discrete pulses to shallower crustal depths, resulting incremental construction large, composite batholiths over thousands tens millions years. The Silurian Early Devonian Donegal batholith Ireland is a classic example which regional geological syntheses lithogeochemical data show that emplacemen...

We report the design and performance of a novel radiofrequency (RF) ion trap mass analyzer, the planar Paul trap, in which a quadrupolar potential distribution is made between two electrode plates. Each plate consists of a series of concentric, lithographically deposited 100-micrometer-wide metal rings, overlaid with a thin resistive layer. To each ring is applied a different RF amplitude, such...