The petrology and significance of a stratiform mafic segregation pegmatite in a Karoo-aged dolerite sheet

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-260

  Mitchell, A A ^a   Naicker, S B ^a,c   Marsh, J S ^b   Dunlevey, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Geology Department   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLERITE; PEGMATITE; PETROLOGY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031400987     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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