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Basanite from
Scania Volcanic necks, Höör, Skåne County, Sweden


Locality type:Volcanic Plug
Classification
Type:Basanite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Basanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Scania Volcanic necks, Höör, Skåne County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1415679
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1415679:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Printzlau, Ivan, Larsen, Ole (1972) K/Ar Age Determinations on Alkaline Olivine Basalts from Skåne, Southern Sweden. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 94 (2) 259-269 doi:10.1080/11035897209454201
Klingspor, Inger (1976) Radiometric age-determination of basalts, dolerites and related syenite in Skåne, southern Sweden. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 98 (3) 195-216 doi:10.1080/11035897609454371
Olsson, Hans B. (1983) Rhönite from Skåne (Scania), southern Sweden. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 105 (4) 281-286 doi:10.1080/11035898309454566
Griffin, W. L., & Kresten, P. (1987). Scandinavia-the carbonatite connection. Unknown Journal, 101-106.
Bylund, Göuran, Halvorsen, Erik (1993) Palaeomagnetic Study of Mesozoic Basalts From Scania, Southernmost Sweden. Geophysical Journal International, 114 (1) 138-144 doi:10.1111/j.1365-246x.1993.tb01473.x
Tappe, Sebastian (2004) Mesozoic mafic alkaline magmatism of southern Scandinavia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 148 (3) 312-334 doi:10.1007/s00410-004-0606-y
Rehfeldt, Tatjana, Obst, Karsten, Johansson, Leif (2007) Petrogenesis of ultramafic and mafic xenoliths from Mesozoic basanites in southern Sweden: constraints from mineral chemistry. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 96 (3) 433-450 doi:10.1007/s00531-006-0116-4
Bergelin, Ingemar, Obst, Karsten, Söderlund, Ulf, Larsson, Kent, Johansson, Leif (2011) Mesozoic rift magmatism in the North Sea region: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of Scanian basalts and geochemical constraints. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 100 (4) 787-804 doi:10.1007/s00531-010-0516-3
 
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