Granites and granites in the East Greenland Caledonides

Caledonian (435-425 Ma) and "Grenvillian" (950-900 Ma) S-type leucogranites and augen gneisses are prominent in the thrust units that form the southern half of the East Greenland Caledonian orogen, south of 76°N. Such rocks do not occur further north (76

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kalsbeek, Feiko, Higgins, A K, Jepsen, H, Frei, Robert, Nutman, Allen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Geological Society of America
Subjects:
Keywords: bedrock
Caledonian orogeny
diorite
emplacement
granitoid
Grenvillian orogeny
I-type rock
igneous geochemistry
leucogranite
lithology
oceanic lithosphere
orthogneiss
petrology
S-type rock
subduction
Arctic
East Greenland
Greenland Caledonian orogen
Geochemistry
I-type granites
Isotopes
ages
S-type granites
Greenland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1885/82556
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Summary:Caledonian (435-425 Ma) and "Grenvillian" (950-900 Ma) S-type leucogranites and augen gneisses are prominent in the thrust units that form the southern half of the East Greenland Caledonian orogen, south of 76°N. Such rocks do not occur further north (76

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