Oxygen isotopes of an Early Archaean layered ultramafic body, southern West Greenland: Implications for magma source and post-intrusion history

Precambrian Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 273-288

  Lowry, D ^a   Appel, P W U ^b   Rollinson, H R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Chromitite; Early Archaean; Greenland; Layered ultramafic; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; AMPHIBOLE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CHROMIC ACID; FLUORINE; IRON; OXYGEN;

ARCHEAN; CHROMITITE; GREENSTONE BELT; LAYERED MEDIUM; MAGMA; METAMORPHISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORINATION; GREENLAND; HYDRATION; MELTING POINT; MINERALOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOMETRY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0347481421     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00099-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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