Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

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Sorgenfri Gletscher And I. C. Jacobsen Fjord

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Occurrence number: 
063-00-014
Country: 
Greenland
Location: 
Longitude: -30.83, Latitude: 68.25
Carbonatite: 
No

Brooks and Nielsen (1982, p. 19) state that "...two poorly known bodies[of nepheline syenite] occur in a small exposure in the snout of the Sorgenfri Gletscher (Ryberg Fjord) and at an unknown location in I. C. Jacobsen Fjord where abundant loose blocks have been found."

References: 

BROOKS, C.K. and NIELSEN, F.D. 1982. The Phanerozoic development of the Kangerdlugssuaq area, East Greenland. Meddelelser om Gronland, Geoscience, 9: 1-30.

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