High bromine contents and low Cl/Br ratios in hydrothermally altered Archaean komatiitic rocks, West Greenland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 177-189

  Uitterdijk Appel, Peter W ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alteration; Archaean; Bromine; Chlorine; Godthaabsfjord; Greenland; Hydrothermal; Komatiite; Scheelite; Tholeiite; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORINE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; SCHEELITE;

GREENLAND, GODTHAABSFJORD;;

EID: 0030785075     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(96)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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