Lithos, 2006, V 92, N 1-2, November.


Magmatism and Tectonism of Greenland Rifts -
A Tribute to C. Kent Brooks, Four decades
of geological research in the Tertiary
igneous province of east Greenland,
held in honour of C. Kent Brooks
Brorfelde Observatory, Denmark
02-05 June 2004
Edited by Christian Tegner, Stefan Bernstein and Dennis K. Bird

Editorial Board • 
Page CO2 

2. 
A tribute to Charles Kent Brooks • PERSONAL REPORT
Christian Tegner, Stefan Bernstein and Dennis K. Bird
Pages vii-xi 

3. 
The Ilugissoq graphite andesite volcano, 
Nuussuaq, central West Greenland • 
Asger Ken Pedersen and Lotte Melchior Larsen
Pages 1-19 

4. 
A subaqueous rootless cone field at Niuluut, 
Disko, Paleocene of West Greenland • 
Lotte Melchior Larsen, Asger Ken Pedersen 
and Gunver Krarup Pedersen
Pages 20-32 

5. 
Regional very low-grade metamorphism of 
basaltic lavas, Disko–Nuussuaq region, 
West Greenland • 
Philip S. Neuhoff, Karyn L. Rogers, 
Lotte S. Stannius, Dennis K. Bird and 
Asger K. Pedersen
Pages 33-54 

6. 
CO2 metasomatism in a basalt-hosted 
petroleum reservoir, Nuussuaq, West Greenland • 
Karyn L. Rogers, Philip S. Neuhoff, 
Asger K. Pedersen and Dennis K. Bird
Pages 55-82 

7. 
A Hawaiian beginning for the Iceland plume: 
Modelling of reconnaissance data for 
olivine-hosted melt inclusions in 
Palaeogene picrite lavas from East Greenland • 
T.F.D. Nielsen, V.A. Turkov, I.P. Solovova, 
L.N. Kogarko and I.D. Ryabchikov
Pages 83-104 

8. 
Stable isotopes of carbon from basaltic rocks 
and their possible relation to atmospheric 
isotope excursions • 
Hans Jorgen Hansen
Pages 105-116 

9. 
Low temperature thermochronology of the 
southern East Greenland continental margin: 
Evidence from apatite (U–Th)/He and fission 
track analysis and implications for 
intermethod calibration • 
Kirsten Hansen and Peter W. Reiners
Pages 117-136 

10. 
Similar dyke thickness variation across 
three volcanic rifts in the North Atlantic 
region: Implications for intrusion mechanisms • 
M.B. Klausen
Pages 137-153 

11. 
Experimental constraints on the Skaergaard 
liquid line of descent • 
P. Thy, C.E. Lesher, T.F.D. Nielsen 
and C.K. Brooks
Pages 154-180 

12. 
Pressure conditions for the solidification 
of the Skaergaard intrusion: Eruption of 
East Greenland flood basalts in less 
than 300,000 years • 
Rune B. Larsen and Christian Tegner
Pages 181-197 

13. 
Postmagmatic sulphur loss in the Skaergaard 
Intrusion: Implications for the formation 
of the Platinova Reef • 
Pages 198-221 
Jens C.O. Andersen

14. 
In situ fractional crystallization of a mafic pluton: 
Microanalytical study of a Palaeogene 
gabbronorite plug in East Greenland • 
Stefan Bernstein
Pages 222-237 

15. 
Baddeleyite and zircon U–Pb ages from the Kaerven area, 
Kangerlussuaq: Implications for the timing of 
Paleogene continental breakup in the North Atlantic • 
Paul Martin Holm, Larry M. Heaman and Lise E. Pedersen
Pages 238-250 

16. 
Cumulates from primitive rift-related East 
Greenland Paleogene magmas: Petrological 
and isotopic evidence from the ultramafic 
complexes at Kaelvegletscher and near Kaerven • 
Paul Martin Holm and Niels-Ole Praegel
Pages 251-275 

17. 
Temporal evolution of a long-lived syenitic centre: 
The Kangerlussuaq Alkaline Complex, East Greenland • 
Morten S. Riishuus, David W. Peate, Christian Tegner, 
J. Richard Wilson, C. Kent Brooks and Chris Harris
Pages 276-299 

18. 
Crystallisation of mela-aillikites of the Narsaq 
region, Gardar alkaline province, south Greenland 
and relationships to other aillikitic–carbonatitic 
associations in the province • 
B.G.J. Upton, J.A. Craven and L.A. Kirstein
Pages 300-319