Palaeoproterozoic (1740 Ma) rift-related volcanism in the Hekla Sund region, Eastern North Greenland: Field occurrence, geochemistry and tectonic setting

Precambrian Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 327-346

  Pedersen, Stig A S ^a   Craig, Lorraine E ^b   Upton, Brian G J ^c   Rämö, O Tapani ^d   Jepsen, Hans F ^a   Kalsbeek, Feiko ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Royal Town Planning Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Basaltic andesites; Basalts; Geochemistry; Greenland; Nd isotopes; Palaeoproterozoic; Rhyolites; Rifting

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; LANTHANIDE; MAGNESIUM; NEODYMIUM; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ANDESITE; BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; PROTEROZOIC; RHYOLITE; RIFTING; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; GREENLAND; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; VOLCANO;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0037088939     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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