Oxygen isotope evidence for extensive crustal contamination in the Okenyenya igneous complex, Namibia

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 4497-4508

  Martinez, Iúma A ^a   Harris, Chris ^a   Le Roex, Anton P ^a   Milner, Simon C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI IGNEOUS ROCK; ASSIMILATION; CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN; THOLEIITE;

NAMBIA, DAMARALAND, OKENYENYA;

EID: 0030438301     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00239-6     Document Type: Article

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