Pan-African, post-collisional, ferro-potassic granite and quartz-monzonite plutons of Eastern Nigeria

Lithos

Volumn 45, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 255-279

  Ferre E C ^a   Caby, R ^b   Peucat, J J ^c   Capdevila, R ^c   Monie P ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Ferro potassic; Granite; Nigeria; Pan African; Post collisional

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PETROGENESIS;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0032322936     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(98)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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