Tertiary mineralization and magmatism, East Greenland: Lead isotope evidence for remobilization of continental crust

Chemical Geology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 119-144

  Jensen, Sven Monrad ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Igneous rocks; Isotopes; Magma contamination; Mineral deposits; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; TERTIARY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032563754     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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