Geochemistry and tectonic significance of peridotitic and metakomatiitic rocks from the Ussuit area, Nagssugtoqidian orogen, West Greenland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 101-120

  Kalsbeek, Feiko ^a,b   Manatschal, Gianreto ^b,c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Greenland; Meta komatiite; Meta peridotite; Nagssugtoqidian orogen; Palaeoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; KOMATIITE; OROGENY; PERIDOTITE; PROTEROZOIC;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0033102608     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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