Contrasting TiO2 compositions in early cenozoic mafic sills of the Faroe Islands : an example of basalt formation from distinct melting regimes.

• Published in: Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Hansen, Jógvan, Davidson, Jon, Jerram, Dougal, Ottley, Christopher, Widdowson, Mike
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Science Publishing Group 2019
• Subjects: Faroe Islands; Greenland; Morskranes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/29381/; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/29381/1/29381.pdf; https://doi.org/10.11648/j.earth.20190805.11

The Paleocene lava succession of the Faroe Islands Basalt Group (FIBG), which is a part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province (NAIP), is intruded by numerous basaltic sills. These can be grouped into three main categories according to their geochemical characteristics: A low-TiO2 sill category (TiO...