The north Atlantic igneous province

• Main Authors: Saunders, A. D., Fitton, J. G., Kerr, Andrew Craig, Norry, M. J., Kent, R. W.
• Other Authors: Mahoney, John J., Coffin, Millard F.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1997
• Subjects: GC Oceanography; QE Geology; Baffin Island; Canada; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Baffin; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/9608/; https://doi.org/10.1029/GM100p0045

The North Atlantic Igneous Province extends from eastern Canada to the British Isles, a pre-drift distance of almost 2000 km. The igneous rocks are predominantly basaltic, but differentiates and anatectic melts are also represented. Two major phases of igneous activity can be discerned. Phase 1 bega...