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Wehrlite from
Watkins Fjord wehrlite, Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland


Locality type:Intrusion
Classification
Type:Wehrlite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wehrlite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Watkins Fjord wehrlite, Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1731737
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1731737:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Wehrlite
45.5km (28.3 miles) Kap Edvard Holm Complex, Sermersooq, Greenland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the margin of the Skaergaard intrusion, East Greenland Jens C. Ø. Andersen 1 & Gavyn K. Rollinson 1 &...PGEs could not have formed from the nearby Watkins Fjord wehrlite intrusion, which is nearly barren in sulfide...Skaergaard intrusion . Platinum-group elements . Greenland Introduction Editorial handling: M. Fiorentini...The occurrences are near exposures of the Watkins Fjord wehrlite, a small plug-like intrusion that Kays...relation to the Watkins Fjord wehrlite plug. Geological setting The Paleogene East Greenland Igneous Province
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Marginal Border Group, Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland M.A. Kays, A.R. McBirney, and G.G. Goles Department...KSIO9~. -~ 0 I 2 km Kangerdlugssuaq EAST GREENLAND Precombrian Geology by M.A. Kays J I I :...A. Kays r Analyst: Univ. of Otago d Wehrlite dike on Watkins Fjord ~ Center of inverted pigeonite grain...clinopyroxene from the wehrlite discovered by Kays in 1974 in Precambrian rocks along Watkins Fjord, just to the...it seems reasonable to consider the wehrlite from Watkins Fjord as one possible precursor. In comparison
 
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