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Basalts with unexpected magnetic properties and granites from the Rockall Plateau are described. The magmas appear to have passed through a continental basement during the early Tertiary, when strong tensional conditions prevailed at plate margins in the North Atlantic.
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JONES, E., MITCHELL, J., SHIDO, F. et al. Igneous Rocks dredged from the Rockall Plateau. Nature Physical Science 237, 118–120 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci237118a0
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