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Paper on 1268-77 +/- 4 Ma old Gardar dykes in SE Greenland awarded as one of GFF’s top three in 2016
Author: M Klausen
Published: 01/04/2018

Dr Martin Klausen and now Dr Mimmi Nilsson’s field work in SE Greenland (part of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland’s (GEUS) expedition in 2012) led to the sampling of many mafic dykes. Through Mimmi’s U-Pb baddeleyite dating, some of these were found to be between 1268-77 +/- 4 Ma, and thereby related to the Mesoproterozoic Gardar alkaline province. This led Dr Alex Bartels (then GEUS postdoctoral researcher on the Gardar province) to first-author a paper for a special volume on Large Igneous Provinces in the Scandinavian Journal of Geology (better known as GFF), which recently was awarded as one of their three best publications in 2016.

 

Until the end of June 2018, this paper is therefore freely available for download from: http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/pgas/best-article-prizes-16-gff