Re-Os isotope geochemistry of Tertiary picritic and basaltic magmatism of East Greenland: Constraints on plume-lithosphere interactions and the genesis of the Platinova reef, Skaergaard intrusion

Lithos

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 107-126

  Brooks, C K ^a,b   Keays, R R ^c,d   Lambert, D D ^d   Frick, L R ^d   Nielsen, T F D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

PGE deposit; Plume signature; Re Os geochemistry

Indexed keywords

BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PICRITE; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032812024     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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