Editing Girnar (section)

==Geology==
Mount Girnar is a major [[Intrusive rock|igneous plutonic]] complex which intruded into the [[basalt]]s towards the close of the [[Deccan Trap]] period. The rock types identified in this complex are [[gabbros]] (tholeiitic and alkalic), [[diorite]]s, [[lamprophyre]]s, [[Syenite|alkali-syenites]] and [[rhyolite]]s. The parent gabbroic magma is shown to have given rise in sequence to diorites, lamprophyres and alkali-syenites. The [[rhyolite]], though previously considered as a product of differentiation, is now believed to be an independent [[magma]] without any genetic link with the gabbro and its variants.<ref name="Sukheswala 1982">{{cite journal|author=R. N. Sukheswala|title=Igneous Complex of Mount Girnar, Saurashtra, Gujarat - A Reappraisal|url=http://www.geosocindia.org/index.php/jgsi/article/view/64919|date=January 1982|journal=Journal of the Geological Society of India|language=en|volume=23|issue=1|pages=13–18 |doi=10.17491/jgsi/1982/230102|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Bose 1973">{{cite journal|author=Mihir K. Bose|title=Petrology and geochemistry of the igneous complex of Mount Girnar, Gujarat, India|date=January 1973|journal=Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology|volume=39|issue=3|pages=247–266|doi=10.1007/BF00383107|issn=0010-7999|bibcode=1973CoMP...39..247B|s2cid=129626191}}</ref>