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THE Thulean basalts have been thought to belong to a single petrographic province, but as such they have been difficult to group. New data from the Faroes may throw light on this problem.
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NOE-NYGAARD, A. Chemical Composition of Tholeiitic Basalts from the Wyville–Thompson Ridge Belt. Nature 212, 272–273 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212272a0
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