The Nordre Strømfjord shear zone and the Arfersiorfik quartz diorite in Arfersiorfik, the Nagssugtoqidian orogen, West Greenland

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 11, 2006, Pages 145-161

  Sørensen, Kai ^a   Korstgård, John A ^b   Glassley, William E ^c   Stensgaard, Bo Møller ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic data; Arfersiorfik quartz diorite; Deformation; Geochemistry; Nagssugtoqidian; Nordre Str mfjord shear zone; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIORITE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; METASOMATIC ROCK; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; ORTHOGNEISS; PARAGENESIS; PLUTONIC ROCK; QUARTZ; SHEAR ZONE; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 33846882417     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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