Cyclical variation in composition in continental tholeiites of East Greenland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Hogg, A. J., Fawcett, J. J., Gittins, J., Gorton, M. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: East Greenland; Greenland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e89-045; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e89-045

The Prinsen of Wales Bjerge (PWB), part of the Tertiary volcanic province of East Greenland, consists of tholeiitic basalts overlain by alkalic basalts that were erupted 100–150 km west of the original axis of continental rifting and active ocean-floor development during the creation of the North At...