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IT has been suggested1,2 that the eastern Greenland flood basalts had their origin in plume activity centred about a triple junction of which Kangerdlugssuaq (Fig. 1) is the failed arm. The suggestion is reviewed here in light of the petrological characteristics and spatial distribution of the basalts.
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BROWN, P., WHITLEY, J. Eastern Greenland basalts and their supposed plume origin. Nature 260, 232–234 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/260232b0
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