Stratigraphy and age of the Eocene Igtertivâ Formation basalts, alkaline pebbles and sediments of the Kap Dalton Group in the graben at Kap Dalton, East Greenland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-18

  Larsen, Lotte M ^a   Pedersen, Asger K ^b   Sørensen, Erik Vest ^a   Watt, W Stuart ^a   Duncan, Robert A ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline pebbles; Bopladsdalen Formation; East Greenland; Igtertiv Formation; Kap Dalton; Plateau basalts; Radiometric ages; Ridge propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881068636     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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