The Basal Gabbro Unit and the identity of the parental magma of the Uitkomst Complex, Badplaas, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-361

  De Waal, S A ^a   Gauert, C D K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AVMIN Barberton   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMATISM;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031403459     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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