Petrology of the Paleocene Picrites and Flood Basalts on Disko and Nuussuaq, West Greenland

The c. 62–60 Ma rift-related Paleocene volcanic succession in West Greenland comprises voluminous picrites (the Vaigat Formation) overlain by flood basalts (the Maligât Formation). A detailed stratigraphy for the c. 3 km combined succession on Disko and Nuussuaq has been established that provides ev...

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Published in:Journal of Petrology
Main Authors: Larsen, Lotte M., Pedersen, Asger K.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2009
Subjects:
Original Papers
Baffin Island
Greenland
Nuussuaq
Vaigat
Baffin
Iceland
Online Access:http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/50/9/1667
https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egp048

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