The Prinsen af Wales Bjerge Formation Lavas, East Greenland: The transition from Tholeiitic to Alkalic magmatism during palaeogene continental break-up

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-304

  Peate, D W ^a   Baker, J A ^a   Blichert Toft, J ^b   Hilton, D R ^c   Storey, M ^a   Kent, A J R ^a   Brooks, C K ^a,d   Hansen, H ^a   Pedersen, A K ^a,e   Duncan, R A ^f  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkalic lavas; East Greenland; Flood basalts; High 3He 4He; Iceland plume; Recycled lithosphere

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; FLOOD BASALT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; PALEOGENE; THOLEIITE;

(EAST); GREENLAND;

EID: 0037330161     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/44.2.279     Document Type: Article

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