A buried Palaeoproterozoic spreading ridge in the northern Nagssugtoqidian orogen, West Greenland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 338, Issue , 2010, Pages 213-234

  Garde, Adam A ^a   Hollis, Julie A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BANDED IRON FORMATION; BLACK SHALE; CHERT; DEFORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; OPHIOLITE; OROGENY; ORTHOGNEISS; PILLOW LAVA; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; SCHIST; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; THOLEIITE;

ARCTIC; BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; GREENLAND; NUNAVUT; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 80053354382     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP338.11     Document Type: Article

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