Extended correlation of the Paleogene Faroe Islands and East Greenland plateau basalts

Lithos

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 205-215

  Søager, Nina ^a   Holm, Paul Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Correlation; East Greenland; Faroe Islands; Flood basalts; Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE SOURCE; PALEOGENE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; THOLEIITIC BASALT;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST GREENLAND; FAROE ISLANDS; GREENLAND;

EID: 58549101468     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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