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Downes, H., Dupuy, C., & Leyreloup, A. F. (1990). Crustal evolution of the Hercynian belt of Western Europe: Evidence from lower-crustal granulitic xenoliths (French Massif Central). Chemical Geology, 83(3-4), 209-231.

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Original EntryDownes, H., Dupuy, C., & Leyreloup, A. F. (1990). Crustal evolution of the Hercynian belt of Western Europe: Evidence from lower-crustal granulitic xenoliths (French Massif Central). Chemical Geology, 83(3-4), 209-231.
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Full ReferenceDownes, H., Dupuy, C., & Leyreloup, A. F. (1990). Crustal evolution of the Hercynian belt of Western Europe: Evidence from lower-crustal granulitic xenoliths (French Massif Central). Chemical Geology, 83(3-4), 209-231.
Plain TextDownes, H., Dupuy, C., & Leyreloup, A. F. (1990). Crustal evolution of the Hercynian belt of Western Europe: Evidence from lower-crustal granulitic xenoliths (French Massif Central). Chemical Geology, 83(3-4), 209-231.

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Velay Volcanic Area, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Devés Volcanic Plateau, Velay Volcanic Area, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Velay Volcanic Area, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Franceⓘ Aegirine-augite, ⓘ Aenigmatite, ⓘ Albite, ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup, ⓘ Analcime, ⓘ Andesine, ⓘ Ankaramite, ⓘ Anorthite, ⓘ Anorthoclase, ⓘ Apatite, ⓘ Arfvedsonite, ⓘ Astrophyllite, ⓘ Augite, ⓘ Basalt, ⓘ Basanite, ⓘ Benmoreite, ⓘ Biotite, ⓘ Catapleiite, ⓘ Clinopyroxene Subgroup, ⓘ Diopside, ⓘ Eudialyte, ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series, ⓘ Glass, ⓘ Harzburgite, ⓘ Hawaiite, ⓘ Ilmenite, ⓘ Kaersutite, ⓘ Labradorite, ⓘ Låvenite, ⓘ Magnetite, ⓘ Miaskite, ⓘ Mosandrite-(Ce), ⓘ Mugearite, ⓘ Nepheline, ⓘ Nepheline-syenite, ⓘ Nosean, ⓘ Oligoclase, ⓘ Phonolite, ⓘ Plagioclase, ⓘ Pyroxene Group, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Rhyolite, ⓘ Riebeckite, ⓘ Salite, ⓘ Sodalite, ⓘ Spinel lherzolite, ⓘ Tephrite, ⓘ Tinguaite, ⓘ Titanite, ⓘ Titanium-bearing Augite, ⓘ Titanium-bearing Biotite, ⓘ Titanium-bearing Magnetite, ⓘ Trachyte, ⓘ Zircon

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Downes, H., Dupuy, C., Leyreloup, A.F. (1990) Crustal evolution of the Hercynian belt of Western Europe: Evidence from lower-crustal granulitic xenoliths (French Massif Central) Chemical Geology, 83 (3) 209-231 doi:10.1016/0009-2541(90)90281-b
Downes, H., & Leyreloup, A. (1986). Granulitic xenoliths from the French Massif Central—petrology, Sr and Nd isotope systematics and model age estimates. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24(1), 319-330.
Pin, Christian, Duthou, Jean-Louis (1990) Sources of Hercynian granitoids from the French Massif Central: Inferences from Nd isotopes and consequences for crustal evolution. Chemical Geology, 83 (3) 281-296 doi:10.1016/0009-2541(90)90285-f
Downes, H., Kempton, P.D., Briot, D., Harmon, R.S., Leyreloup, A.F. (1991) Pb and O isotope systematics in granulite facies xenoliths, French Massif Central: implications for crustal processes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 102 (3) 342-357 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(91)90028-g
Downes, Hilary, Duthou, Jean-Louis (1988) Isotopic and trace-element arguments for the lower-crustal origin of Hercynian granitoids and pre-Hercynian orthogneisses, Massif Central (France) Chemical Geology, 68 (3) 291-308 doi:10.1016/0009-2541(88)90027-7
Downes, H., Shaw, A., Williamson, B.J., Thirlwall, M.F. (1997) Erratum to “Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic evidence for the lower crustal origin of Hercynian granodiorites and monzogranites, Massif Central, France” [Chem. Geol. 136 (1997) 99–122]. Chemical Geology, 140 (3) 289 doi:10.1016/s0009-2541(97)00060-0
Dostal, J., Dupuy, C., Leyreloup, A. (1980) Geochemistry and petrology of meta-igneous granulitic xenoliths in Neogene volcanic rocks of the Massif Central, France — implications for the lower crust. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 50 (1) 31-40 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(80)90117-x
Shaw, A., Downes, H., Thirlwall, M.F. (1993) The quartz-diorites of Limousin: Elemental and isotopic evidence for Devono-Carboniferous subduction in the Hercynian belt of the French Massif Central. Chemical Geology, 107 (1) 1-18 doi:10.1016/0009-2541(93)90098-4
Downes, H., Bodinier, J.-L., Dupuy, C., Leyreloup, A., Dostal, J. (1989) Isotope and trace-element heterogeneities in high-grade basic metamorphic rocks of Marvejols: Tectonic implications for the hercynian suture zone of the French Massif Central. Lithos, 24 (1) 37-54 doi:10.1016/0024-4937(89)90014-5
WASS, SUZANNE Y., HOLLIS, J. D. (1983) Crustal growth in south-eastern Australia?evidence from lower crustal eclogitic and granulitic xenoliths. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 1 (1) 25-45 doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.1983.tb00263.x
Dessai, A. G., Downes, H., López-Moro, F.-J., López-Plaza, M. (2008) Lower crustal contamination of Deccan Traps magmas: evidence from tholeiitic dykes and granulite xenoliths from western India. Mineralogy and Petrology, 93 (3) 243-272 doi:10.1007/s00710-007-0223-3
 
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