Independent ages of magmatic and hydrothermal activity in alkaline igneous rocks: The Motzfeldt Centre, Gardar Province, South Greenland

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 967-982

  McCreath, J A ^a,b   Finch, A A ^a   Simonsen, S L ^c   Donaldson, C H ^a   Armour Brown, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Red Rock Resources Plc   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Angus and Ross plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline; Gardar Province; Geochronology; Greenland; Hydrothermal alteration; Lead isotopes; Pyrochlore; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MAGMATISM; NEPHELINE; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SYENITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARCTIC; GARDAR; GREENLAND;

EID: 84861202398     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0709-1     Document Type: Article

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