Petrology of the paleocene picrites and flood basalts on disko and nuussuaq, West Greenland

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1667-1711

  Larsen, Lotte M ^a   Pedersen, Asger K ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Flood basalt; Geochemistry; Greenland; Paleocene; Picrite; Volcanic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; EMPLACEMENT; FLOOD BASALT; MAGMA CHAMBER; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PALEOCENE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; PICRITE; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; DISKO ISLAND; GREENLAND; NUUSSUAQ;

EID: 70249118135     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp048     Document Type: Article

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