Mineralogy of the Werner Bjerge alkaline complex, East Greenland

• Published in: Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience
• Main Authors: Brooks, C. Kent, Engell, John, Larsen, Lotte Melchior, Pedersen, Asger Ken
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 1982
• Subjects: Greenland; Titan; East Greenland
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/138961

The Tertiary Werner Bjerge complex is divided into a basic complex, a northern complex and a nepheline syenite complex. The basic complex consists of cumulate rocks (ranging from ultramafic to gabbros) containing plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine and titanomagnetite with intercumulus kaersutite or...