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Zircon from
Gardiner Complex, Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gardiner Complex, Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:136979
Long-form Identifier:1:3:136979:3
GUID (UUID V4):8865d793-17e5-44ed-ab63-903c8d4c8e7f
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com/locate/lithos 40 Ar– 39 Ar ages of intrusions in East Greenland: Rift-to-drift transition over the Iceland hotspot...prolonged post-breakup magmatism of the central East Greenland rifted margin, the chronology of rift-to-drift...to 100 km inland. The area south of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord includes at least four tectonic lineaments...56–54 Ma, 50–47 Ma and 37–35 Ma. In the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, which coincides with a major tectonic lineament...intrusions of the north–south trending Wiedemann Fjord–Kronborg Gletscher lineament range from 52 to 36
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND BULLETIN 24 • 2011 The East Greenland rifted volcanic margin C....Kent Brooks GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND DANISH MINISTRY OF CLIMATE, ENERGY AND BUILDING... Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 24 Keywords East Greenland, North Atlantic, rifted volcanic...the glacier, the 1965 Oxford University East Greenland Expedition travelled and collected from this area...topography as found throughout most of the Kangerlussuaq–Scoresby Sund inland area. Chief editor of
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long-lived syenitic centre: The Kangerlussuaq Alkaline Complex, East Greenland Morten S. Riishuus a,⁎, David...samples from the Kangerlussuaq Alkaline Complex (∼ 1000 km2) in central East Greenland, part of the North...Atlantic Igneous Province. This complex mainly consists of the Kangerlussuaq Intrusion but includes at least...gneisses and overlying Palaeogene flood basalts. The complex is divided into (i) older satellite intrusions...gabbros and peridotites, (ii) the voluminous Kangerlussuaq Intrusion (∼ 50 Ma), which displays a gradual
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Narssarssuk, Greenland. Photo by R. Bode. TITLE PAGE: The most common mineral in Greenland: ice —making...up the typical Arctic icebergs, ubiquitous in Greenland waters; photo by B. L. Nielsen. This special...(CHRISTIANSH AASIAAT (EGEDESMINDE Kangerlussuaq SISIMIUT (HOLSTEINSBORG) KANGERLUSSUAQ (S0NDRE STR0MFJORD) MANIITSOQ...AMMASSALIK (ANGMAGSSALIK) GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREENLAND NUUK (GODTHAB) PAAMIUT (FREDERIKSHAB) ARSUK...Paleozoic and Mesozoic North Greenland platform and fold belt East Greenland Caledonian fold belt P rote
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Contaminated Magma Chamber: the Kangerlussuaq Intrusion, East Greenland 1 DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES...30, 2008 The Palaeogene Kangerlussuaq Intrusion (50 Ma) of East Greenland displays concentric zonation...as a consequence of repeated recharge of the Kangerlussuaq Intrusion magma chamber by tapping less contaminated...armouring of the plumbing system. Kangerlussuaq; East Greenland; syenite; crustal contamination; magma...geochronology The Kangerlussuaq Intrusion (KI) is situated within the East Greenland volcanic rifted margin
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com/locate/lithos Cumulates from primitive rift-related East Greenland Paleogene magmas: Petrological and isotopic evidence...Kærven–Kælvegletscher area of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, central East Greenland. We present geological, geochemical...Kælvegletscher intrusion is truncated by the Kangerlussuaq intrusion and the North Kærven by the Kærven...mantle-derived magmas, which in the Kælvegletscher complex were recurrently intruded into brittle rocks of...otherwise seen in lavas to the north and east of Kangerlussuaq. It is indicated that two components of the
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analysis by MC-ICP-MS. Results from the igneous Gardiner, Skaergaard and Khibina Intrusions indicate that...of f 60 Ma for the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland, is older than the generally accepted emplacement...apatite from various geological settings. The Gardiner, Skaergaard and Khibina apatites come from shallow...Min. Gardiner ap. 1 ap. 2d ap. 3e ap. 4e wr Sample number [Lu] ppma Intrusion, East Greenland 312317...MSWD = 0.32 58.28 F 0.44 Ma MSWD = 0.32 Khibina Complex, Kola Alkaline Province, Russia ap. 1 Intru. V
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MINERAL SPECIES FffiST DESCRIBED fron1 GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole Johnsen Also in this series... MINE. RAL ....... SPECIES FIRST DESCRIBED froin GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole Johnsen The Canadian Mineralogist...organizations: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland Geologisk Museums St0ttefond (Geological Museum's...document on the minerals first discovered in Greenland. After all, as they point out in the first sentence...Introduction, a mere 26 kilometers separates Greenland from Canada along Nares Strait; we are neighbors
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    Metallogeny of Greenland Jochen Kolb, Jakob K. Keiding, Agnete Steenfelt, Karsten Secher...Rosa, Diogo, Stensgaard, Bo M., Metallogeny of Greenland, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Metallogeny of Greenland JOCHEN KOLB1, JAKOB K. KEIDING1,2, AGNETE STEENFELT1...Economic Geology, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...TE D MA Corresponding author: jkol@geus.dk Greenland is the largest island on Earth, with 80% of its
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Histories and Tectonics of Igneous Intrusions in East Greenland A.J.W. Gleadow 1 and C.K. Brooks 2 Department...rocks of East Greenland, with a few examples from Caledonian rocks. The sphene and zircon ages of Caledonian...Kangerdlugssuaq cluster around 50 m.y. The Gardiner ultramafic alkaline complex and some of the offshore gabbros...Werner Bjerge complex is the youngest igneous activity so far identified in Greenland with an age of...that continental rifting along the present East Greenland margin took place in the Lower Tertiary and was
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Pedersen b,d a Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...could all have originated in the Gardiner Complex in East Greenland. In stage 3, alkali basalts (layers...produced the large subaerial flood basalts in Greenland, at this time moved away from the continent and...Corresponding author. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...locations mentioned in the text. Position of Greenland at 53 Ma after Skogseid et al. (2000). (b) Sample
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1938 and 1947. Other exhibits within the building complex show the history of minting coins in Norway, mining...gem-quality datolite, titanite, cordierite, and zircon was an eye-opening experience. Only an hour and...situFigure 3. F. Steinar Norated at the end of a fjord, which the air route drum, curator, Norwegian Mining...recovered from the Cape York region near Thule, Greenland, sits in the center on a huge steel skid. A slice...mainly concentrating on the mineral occurrences in Greenland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. Specimens of
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to thicknesses which in places (e.g. W Greenland, E Greenland, Faeroes) attained several kilometres....60-59 Ma) whereas the great volumes of the E Greenland basalts appear to have erupted rapidly over the...Faeroes may have preceded that in E Greenland and possibly that of W Greenland-Baftin Island. Major sill swarms...majority of which are located close to the E Greenland coast between ca. 66~ and 74~ and a N-S zone through...(phonolitic) magmas were important in some of the E Greenland centres. Generation of salic magmas was generally
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U, Th), zirkelite (Zr, Nb) Pyrochlore-II (Nb), zircon-I (Zr), lueshite (Nb), eschynite (TRCe, Nb), burbankite-I...Pyrochlore-III (Nb), columbite (Nb), fersmite (Nb), zircon-II (Zr), monazite (TRCe), burbankite-II (Sr, Ba...Calcite carbonatite Calcite carbonatite Gardiner, Greenland Melteigite Melilitolite Calcite carbonatite... particularly, in the carbonatites of the Oka complex. Phase relations on the section calcite – portlandite...calcite carbonatite, Oka complex; (b) pyrochlore, calcite carbonatite, Ozernyi complex; (c) baddeleyite, phoscorite
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... 483 by M. Germine The Gardiner Complex, a new locality in Greenland ........................485...during the 1950s. The ilmenite crystals exhibited complex forms, a metallic luster, and triangular growth...communica­ tion). The jarosite occurs as minute complex crystals and as yellow powder. Superficially similar...having distorted development of {111} or {111}. Complex modifications of this simple habit include development...veins. Graves Mountain rutile is morphologically complex. A selection of crystal drawings that illustrate
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minerals such as eudialyte and rinkite, that is complex silicates of Zr, Ti, the rare earth elements (REE)...more common types of nepheline syenites containing zircon, titanite, ilmenite, etc. The agpaitic rocks are...200 in the type locality, the Ilfmaussaq complex, South Greenland. These rocks have very long melting intervals...developed, hyperagpaitic lujavrites of the Ilfmaussaq complex have been formed from melts with extreme concentrations...syenite, phonolite, eudialyte, rinkite, Ilfmaussaq complex. Introduction SOME of the characteristic minerals
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study and previous age determinations Intrusive complex Previous age determinations Method Details ...r. Gardiner complex (East Greenland) ca. 50 Ma6 54.4 F 0.2 Ma7 54.3 F 1.1 Ma8 Khibina complex, Kola...related plutons Illimaussaq complex, Gardiner igneous province (southern Greenland) 1143 F 20 Ma1 1130 F...comprises alkali feldspar, quartz, alkali amphibole, zircon, fluorite, magnetite and apatite. Cross cutting...70409 F 2 0.70404 F 2 0.7041 F 3 Gardiner intrusion (East Greenland) TW0023 ap – – TW0043 bt 246.5 72
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from the northern complex may be related to nearby melilitolites, but the central complex carbonatites and...containing a variety of rock types. A central complex (28 km2) is surrounded by satellite complexes to...south (13 km2), east (10 km2), and the Kuznavalok complex to the west (1.3 km2). The latter contains the...convecting and crystallizing magma body. The northern complex represents a suite of small, scattered bodies,...classication of Dunworth and Bell (1998). Thus, the Turiy complex includes pyroxenites, melteigite-ijoliteurtites
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from the GrCnnedal-[ka Nepheline Syenite complex, South Greenland: C-O-Sr isotope evidence N. J. G. PEARCE1...Grcnnedal-Ika ring complex (1299 _ 17 Ma) in the Gardar province, South GreenLand is composed of a range...xenolithic syenite and a plug of carbonatite. The complex was subsequently intruded by a variety of basic...KEVWO~OS:carbonatite, nepheline syenite, GrCnnedal-fka complex, Gardar, Greenland. Introduction MAGMATISMin the Mid-Proterozoic...Mid-Proterozoic Gardar Province, South Greenland was related to repeated episodes of continental rifting which
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Uppsala, Sweden e Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...of Precambrian to Palaeozoic age and occur in Greenland and the Fennoscandian Shield. Of particular importance...their REE potential are the Gardar Province of SW Greenland, the Svecofennian Belt and subsequent Mesoproterozoic...European REE ores. Such raw material processing is complex, comprising a beneciation step to concentrate...candidate countries, plus Norway, Switzerland, and Greenland. Russia and Ukraine are not included in this work
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by Wager cuts the plateau basalts of the East Greenland Tertiary province. (1934) after the French ship...has an oval outline, measures about of the East Greenland continental margin. Lilloise is unusual 32* among...are a major component of the East Greenland province and the Gardiner 5\ Lilloise intrusion is illustrative...INTRODUCTION The Lilloise intrusion is part of the East Greenland Tertiary igneous province and is situated —120...author. 66* ( 32* 200km 24* Fig. 1. The East Greenland coast showing the plateau bajalt outcrop and location
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Motzfeldt Tantalum-Niobium-rich syenite in south-west Greenland, considered to be one of the world’s largest Ta...chilled and repeated sheeting at the roof provided a complex suite of cross-cutting syenite variants, including...alkaline, Gardar Province, hydrothermal alteration, Greenland INTRODUCTION High Field Strength Elements (HFSE)...are enriched in the Motzfeldt Complex, Gardar Province, South Greenland (e.g. Armour-Brown et al. 1983)...on the biotite (Finch 1995, Finch et al. 1995), zircon (McCreath et al. 2012) and pyrochlore (McCreath
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Zirconium-Bearing Aegirines from Motzfeldt, South Greenland A d r i a n P. Jones and A n d r e w P e c k e...Peckett: Zr-Bearing Aegirines from Motzfeldt, S Greenland Table 1 Sample No. A1 A2 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5...A2= titanian aegirine with high ZrO2 from Gardiner Complex (Nielsen 1979; no. 9) BI to B7=zirconium-bearing...B7=zirconium-bearing aegirines from GGU (Greenland Geological Survey) 54138, unit SM3, Motzfeldt centre, in order...Peckett: Zr-Bearing Aegirines from Motzfeldt, S Greenland Ac+Jd Ac Di Hed Di+Hed NAZ* Ac / (c)
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EVOLUTION OF THE ULTRAMAFIC-ALKALINE – CARBONATITIC COMPLEX OF SUNG VALLEY, NORTHEASTERN INDIA Leone MELLUSO§...005, India Abstract The Sung Valley alkaline complex is a relatively small intrusion of Lower Cretaceous...syenites). The parageneses indicate that this complex was formed by batches of primitive magmas with...titanite, perovskite, clinopyroxene, Sung Valley complex, India. Sommaire Le complexe alcalin de Sung Valley...The Sung Valley ultramafic-alkaline–carbonatite complex (UACC) is one of the Cretaceous intrusions emplaced
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crystallize in the tetragonal system are cassiterite, zircon, chalcopyrite, wulfenite and rutile. Pressing on... Gran Sabana, Venezuela. Europe: Ilimaussaq, Greenland; Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden. Tellurium...Stillwater complex, Montana. Latin America: near Papayan, Cauca, Colombia. Africa: Bushveld complex, South...to be an impure ore of silver. Disko Island, Greenland; Barrowdale, Cumbria, England; Passau, Bavaria...octahedral, dodecahedral, cubic or even more complex; massive and fine- Formula C Specific Gravity
 
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