Major element composition of the lithospheric mantle under the North Atlantic craton: Evidence from peridotite xenoliths of the Sarfartoq area, southwestern Greenland

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-240

  Bizzarro, Martin ^a,b   Stevenson, Ross K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0346905255     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-003-0499-1     Document Type: Article

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