Metasomatic Modification of the Mesoarchaean Ulamertoq Ultramafic Body, Southern West Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: Nishio, Ikuya, Morishita, Tomoaki, Itano, Keita, Guotana, Juan Miguel, Tamura, Akihiro, Szilas, Kristoffer, Harigane, Yumiko, Tani, Kenichiro, Graham Pearson, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Archaean; Greenland; Metamorphism; Metasomatism; Ultramafic rock; Ulamertoq
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/metasomatic-modification-of-the-mesoarchaean-ulamertoq-ultramafic-body-southern-west-greenland(10950073-20cc-4419-9f4e-f463120e0247).html; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egac004

Numerous ultramafic rocks occur as lens-shaped bodies in the Archaean continental crust exposed in southern West Greenland. As some of the oldest exposed ultramafic bodies, determining their origin, as mantle segments or magmatic cumulates, is an important yet controversial issue. The origin of thes...