Experimental constraints on the Skaergaard liquid line of descent

Lithos

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 154-180

  Thy, P ^a   Lesher, C E ^a   Nielsen, T F D ^b   Brooks, C K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Closed system; Experimental constraints; Fractional crystallization; Gabbro; Iron variation; Layered intrusions; Liquid line of descent; Oxygen fugacity; Silica enrichment; Skaergaard intrusion

Indexed keywords

AUGITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FORWARD MODELING; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FUGACITY; GABBRO; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IRON; MELTING; OLIVINE; PLAGIOCLASE; SILICA; THOLEIITE;

EID: 33750498294     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.031     Document Type: Article

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