An isotope and trace element study of the East Greenland Tertiary dyke swarm: Constraints on temporal and spatial evolution during continental rifting

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2081-2112

  Hanghoj K ^a   Storey, M ^a   Stecher, O ^a  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Isotopes; Mantle melting; Mantle sources; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

DIKE SWARM; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS; TECTONIC SETTING;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0345393177     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egg071     Document Type: Article

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