Geochemistry of ultramafic rocks and hornblendite veins in the Fiskenæsset layered anorthosite complex, SW Greenland: Evidence for hydrous upper mantle in the Archean

Precambrian Research

Volumn 214-215, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-153

  Polat, Ali ^a   Fryer, Brian J ^a,b   Samson, Iain M ^a   Weisener, Chris ^a,b   Appel, Peter W U ^c   Frei, Robert ^d,e   Windley, Brian F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archean; Fisken sset complex; Geodynamics; Hornblendite; Hydrous mantle

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; GEODYNAMICS; GRANULITE FACIES; HORNBLENDE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM; OCEANIC CRUST; RECRYSTALLIZATION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84865350426     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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