A metamorphosed, early Archaean chromitite from west Greenland: Implications for the genesis of Archaean anorthositic chromitites

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2143-2170

  Rollinson, Hugh ^a   Appel, Peter W U ^b   Frei, Robert ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Archaean; Chromite; Greenland; Re Os

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; CHROMITITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; PETROGRAPHY;

(WEST); GREENLAND;

EID: 0036855026     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/43.11.2143     Document Type: Article

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