Granites and granites in the East Greenland Caledonides

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 202, Issue , 2008, Pages 227-249

  Kalsbeek, Feiko ^a   Higgins, A K ^a   Jepsen, Hans F ^a   Frei, Robert ^b   Nutman, Allen P ^c,d  

^a Centre for Star and Planet Formation   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Caledonian orogen; East Greenland; Geochemistry; I type granites; Isotopes, ages; S type granites

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; QUARTZ; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALEDONIAN OROGEN; GRANITOID ROCKS; GREENLAND; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; S-TYPE GRANITES; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS;

GRANITE;

BEDROCK; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; DIORITE; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITOID; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; I-TYPE ROCK; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LEUCOGRANITE; LITHOLOGY; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; ORTHOGNEISS; PETROLOGY; S-TYPE ROCK; SUBDUCTION;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 77949921665     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.1202(09)     Document Type: Article

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