40 Ar– 39 Ar geochronology of silicic and basic volcanic rocks on the margins of the North Atlantic

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Authors: SINTON, C. W., HITCHEN, K., DUNCAN, R. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1998
• Subjects: Geology; Greenland; Norway; Rockall Trough; Vøring Plateau; Rockall Plateau; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756898008401; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756898008401

At the submerged margins of the North Atlantic, andesitic to dacitic and basaltic volcanic rocks occur together. The silicic rocks were derived by processes requiring the presence of continental crust (crustal anatexis and/or contamination of mafic magmas) while the majority of the basaltic lavas ha...