Crustal contamination in Palaeogene East Greenland flood basalts: Plumbing system evolution during continental rifting

Chemical Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 89-118

  Hansen, Henriette ^a   Nielsen, Troels F D ^a,b  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Flood basalts; Isotope ratios; Magma contamination; Nd 144 Nd 143; Pb 206 Pb 204; Pb 207 Pb 204; Pb 208 Pb 204; Sr 87 Sr 86

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PALEOGENE; RIFTING;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0033519383     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00196-X     Document Type: Article

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