Prehnite--Epidote Phase Relations in the Nordre Aputitëq and Kruuse Fjord Layered Gabbros, East Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: ROSE, N. M., BIRD, D. K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1987
• Subjects: Articles; Greenland; Kruuse Fjord; East Greenland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/28/6/1193; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/28.6.1193

Layered gabbros at Nordre Aputit�q and Kruuse Fjord were emplaced during extensional tectonism that led to the formation of the North Atlantic basin in the Early Tertiary. Sub-solidus reactions between the gabbros and hydrothermal fluids formed superimposed alteration assemblages in fractures, cavit...