High-resolution insights into episodes of crystallization, hydrothermal alteration and remelting in the Skaergaard intrusive complex

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 355-356, Issue , 2012, Pages 199-212

  Wotzlaw, Jörn Frederik ^a   Bindeman, Ilya N ^a,b   Schaltegger, Urs ^a   Brooks, C Kent ^c   Naslund, H Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood basalts; Oxygen isotopes; PETM; Skaergaard; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PETM; SKAERGAARD; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BASALT; COOLING; FLOODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; REMELTING;

ZIRCON;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

EID: 84867383809     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.043     Document Type: Article

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