Formation of wehrlites through dehydration of metabasalt xenoliths in layered gabbros of the Noe-Nygaard Intrusion, Southeast Greenland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-128

  Bernstein, Stefan ^a,b   Bird, Dennis K ^c  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b Box 504   (Greenland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FELDSPAR; ISOTOPES; MICA; RARE EARTHS; STRONTIUM;

COMPOSITIONAL RANGE; CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; MELTING PRESSURE; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; SOUTHEAST GREENLAND; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

DEHYDRATION;

GABBRO; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; WEHRLITE; XENOLITH;

GREENLAND; KIALINEQ PLUTONIC CENTER;

EID: 0034051107     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800003794     Document Type: Article

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