Provinces of ultramafic lamprophyre dykes, kimberlite dykes and carbonatite in West Greenland characterised by minerals and chemical components in surface media

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 116-123

  Steenfelt, Agnete ^a   Jensen, Sven M ^b   Nielsen, Troels F D ^a   Sand, Karina K ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Intex Resources ASA   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diamonds; Geochemical mapping; Greenland; Kimberlite indicator minerals; Lithosphere; North Atlantic Craton

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBONATITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAMOND; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; INDICATOR MINERAL; KIMBERLITE; LAMPROPHYRE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PROTEROZOIC;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 71749090638     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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