The Ilugissoq graphite andesite volcano, Nuussuaq, central West Greenland

Lithos

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Pedersen, Asger Ken ^a   Larsen, Lotte Melchior ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Andesite; Graphite; Greenland; Nuussuaq Basin; Paleocene; Volcano

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; GRAPHITE; HYALOCLASTITE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MUDSTONE; PALEOCENE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PICRITE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; XENOLITH;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; NUUSSUAQ;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750474121     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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