The regional distribution of zeolites in the basalts of the Faroe Islands and the significance of zeolites as palaeotemperature indicators

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 9, 2006, Pages 123-156

  Jørgensen, Ole ^a  

^a Scandinavian Asbestos and Mineral Analysis   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Faroe Islands; Palaeogene basalt plateau; Palaeotemperature indicators; Zeolite zone

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; PALEOGENE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEA LEVEL; ZEOLITE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

EID: 33748440559     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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