The Mesoproterozoic Zig-Zag Dal basalts and associated intrusions of eastern North Greenland: Mantle plume-lithosphere interaction

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-56

  Upton, B G J ^a   Ramo O T ^b   Heaman, L M ^c   Blichert Toft, J ^d   Kalsbeek, F ^e   Barry, T L ^f   Jepsen, H F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; PROTEROZOIC;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

EID: 23844522577     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-004-0634-7     Document Type: Article

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