Differentiation and compaction in the Skaergaard intrusion

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 813-840

  Tegner, Christian ^a   Thy, Peter ^b   Holness, Marian B ^c   Jakobsen, Jakob K ^a,d   Lesher, Charles E ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Compaction; Crystallization; Differentiation; Layered intrusion; Magma

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPACTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENRICHMENT; FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

EID: 67449135785     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp020     Document Type: Article

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