Geochemical signature of the Egersund basaltic dyke swarm, SW Norway, in the context of late-Neoproterozoic opening of the Iapetus Ocean

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-85

  Bingen, Bernard ^a   Demaiffe, Daniel ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DIKE SWARM; IAPETUS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

EGERSUND; NORWAY;

EID: 0032748199     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002919699433825     Document Type: Article

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