Tertiary alkaline volcanics in the Nunatak Region, Northeast Greenland: New observations and comparison with Siberian maymechites

Lithos

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-20

  Bernstein, S ^a,b   Leslie, A G ^c   Higgins, A K ^d   Brooks, C K ^e  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b Arktisk Station   (Greenland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d Danmarks Og Grnlands Geologiske U   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenland; High pressure melting; High Ti lavas; Mantle plume; Maymechite; Melilitite

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; HIGH PRESSURE; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; RIFTING; TERTIARY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VOLCANIC ROCK;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0033922205     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(00)00012-8     Document Type: Article

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