Emplacement and crystallization time for the Bushveld Complex

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1669-1687

  Cawthorn, R Grant ^a   Walraven, Feodor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMATISM;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032407367     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.9.1669     Document Type: Article

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