Main characteristics and review of mineral resources of the Kabanga-Musongati mafic-ultramafic alignment in Burundi

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 313-328

  Deblond, A ^a   Tack, L ^a  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAFIC ROCK; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

BURUNDI;

EID: 0033172562     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00100-1     Document Type: Article

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