Ilímaussaq 'en miniature': Closed-system fractionation in an agpaitic dyke rock from the Gardar Province, South Greenland (contribution to the mineralogy of Ilímaussaq no. 117)

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 893-919

  Marks, M ^a   Markl, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agpaitic; Closed system fractionation; Greenland; Il maussaq; Peralkaline

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGNETITE; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; ROCKS;

MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES;

MINERALOGY;

AGPAITE; ALKALINE ROCK; DIKE; FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0346118787     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036750150     Document Type: Article

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