Petrology and geochemistry of the Kruuse Fjord Gabbro Complex, East Greenland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-89

  Arnason, John G ^a,e   Bird, Dennis K ^a   Bernstein, Stefan ^b   Rose, Nicholas M ^c   Manning, Craig E ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; RIFTING; TERTIARY; TROCTOLITE;

GREENLAND, KRUUSE FJORD;

EID: 0030860633     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897006389     Document Type: Article

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