Parental magma of the Skaergaard intrusion: Constraints from melt inclusions in primitive troctolite blocks and FG-1 dykes

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-79

  Jakobsen, Jakob K ^a,b   Tegner, Christian ^a   Brooks, C Kent ^c   Kent, Adam J R ^d   Lesher, Charles E ^e   Nielsen, Troels F D ^f   Wiedenbeck, Michael ^g  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^g GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulk composition; East Greenland; Melt inclusions; Parental magma; Skaergaard intrusion

Indexed keywords

DIKE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; MELT INCLUSION; PLAGIOCLASE; THOLEIITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

EID: 72249098307     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-009-0416-3     Document Type: Article

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