Magma replenishment, and the significance of poikilitic textures, in the Lower Main Zone of the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 435-450

  Mitchell, Andrew A ^a   Eales, Hugh V ^b   Kruger, F Johan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMA REPLENISHMENT; POIKILITIC TEXTURE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031772608     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646198547783     Document Type: Article

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