Partial eclogitization of the Ambolten gabbro-norite, north-east Greenland Caledonides

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-292

  Gilotti, Jane A ^a   Elvevold, Synnøve ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; ECLOGITIZATION; GABBRO; NORITE;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0031767049     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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