A textural record of solidification and cooling in the skaergaard intrusion, East Greenland

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2359-2377

  Holness, Marian B ^a   Tegner, Christian ^b   Nielsen, Troels F D ^c   Stripp, Gemma ^a   Morse, Stearns A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Magma; Mantle; Olivine; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CLINOPYROXENE; COOLING; MAGMA; MANTLE; OLIVINE; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTON; SOLIDIFICATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

EID: 36549032285     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm064     Document Type: Article

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