Geologic features in the Skaergaard pluton

Photos ©Kurt Hollocher, 2001


Geologic map

Skaergaard pluton contact

"Tranquil zone" marginal border series

Layered series-marginal series contact

Cross bedded belt

Layered series layering types

Sandwich horizon

Trough and ridge features

Replacement features

Autolith blocks

Xenoliths

Basalt dikes

Basistoppen sheet

Granophyre

Photomicrographs of thin sections


 

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Kurt Hollocher

Geology Department

Union College

Schenectady, NY 12308

U.S.A.