The newly discovered Jurassic Tikiusaaq carbonatite-aillikite occurrence, West Greenland, and some remarks on carbonatite-kimberlite relationships

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 385-399

  Tappe, Sebastian ^a,b   Steenfelt, Agnete ^c   Heaman, Larry M ^a   Simonetti, Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b De Beers Group   (South Africa)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental rifting; Intrusive carbonatite; Mineral chemistry; North Atlantic craton; U Pb geochronology; Ultramafic lamprophyre

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CENOZOIC; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; JURASSIC; KIMBERLITE; LAMPROPHYRE; MAGMA; PARTIAL MELTING; RIFTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 71749101638     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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