Archean melt inclusions in zircon from quartzite and granitic orthogneiss from South Africa: Magma compositions and probable sources of protoliths

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1241-1251

  Chupin, Sergey V ^a   Chupin, Vladimir P ^a   Barton Jr , Jay M ^b   Barton, Erica S ^c  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archean quartzite; Melt inclusion; South Africa; Tonalitic trondhjemitic magma; Zircon

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS;

ARCHEAN; DETRITAL ZIRCON GRAINS; GRANITIC MAGMAS; MAGMA COMPOSITION; MELT INCLUSIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TONALITIC-TRONDHJEMITIC MAGMA; WITWATERSRAND;

ZIRCON;

ARCHEAN; MAGMA; MELT INCLUSION; ORTHOGNEISS; PROTOLITH; QUARTZITE; ZIRCON;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032455418     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/10/6/1241     Document Type: Article

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