Post-crystallisation modification of the igneous layering in the Nunarssuit and West Kûngnât syenites, South Greenland

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 467-483

  Hudson, Mark ^a,b  

^a Kings Buildings ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluids; Gardar; Greenland; Igneous layering; Subsolidus; Syenites

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542645863     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1997.061.407.01     Document Type: Article

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