Magmatism of the mid-Proterozoic Gardar Province, South Greenland: Chronology, petrogenesis and geological setting

Lithos

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 43-65

  Upton, B G J ^a   Emeleus, C H ^b   Heaman, L M ^c   Goodenough, K M ^d   Finch, A A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline magmatism; Continental rifting; Greenland; Mesoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; TECTONIC SETTING;

(SOUTH); GREENLAND;

EID: 0038035689     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(03)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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