Petrology and geochemistry of granites from the Archaean terrain north of Lake Victoria, western Kenya

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 283-300

  Opiyo Akech, Norbert ^a   Tarney, John ^b   Hoshino, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Geology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; PETROLOGY;

KENYA;

EID: 0033172511     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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