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A Suite of Hypersthene-bearing Plutonic Rocks in the Meru District, Kenya1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

William Pulfrey
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A series of hypersthene-bearing rocks of plutonic aspect from an area east of Mount Kenya is described, with the assistance of modal analyses. A petrographic classification of such rocks, somewhat more detailed than is usually employed, is suggested, with provision for hornblende-rich types. Associated rocks are briefly described.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , April 1946 , pp. 67 - 88
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1946

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Published by permission of the Commissioner of Mines, Nairobi, Kenya.

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