A subaqueous rootless cone field at Niuluut, Disko, Paleocene of West Greenland

Lithos

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 20-32

  Melchior Larsen, Lotte ^a   Ken Pedersen, Asger ^b   Krarup Pedersen, Gunver ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disko; Hydroclastic explosion; M ligat Formation; Subaqueous lava flow; Subaqueous rootless cone

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; HYALOCLASTITE; LAVA FLOW; PILLOW LAVA; SHALE; TUFF;

ARCTIC; DISKO ISLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 33750449698     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.043     Document Type: Article

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