The Prince of Wales Formation - Post-flood basalt alkali volcanism in the Tertiary of East Greenland

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 424-434

  Brown, P E ^a   Evans, I B ^a   Becker, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKARAMITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAWAIITE; PETROGENESIS; PICRITE;

GREENLAND, PRINCE OF WALES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030440063     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050166     Document Type: Article

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