Magnetic susceptibility and AMS of the Bushveld alkaline granites, South Africa

Tectonophysics

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 113-133

  Ferré, Eric C ^a   Wilson, Jeff ^a   Gleizes, Gérard ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaline; AMS; Bushveld; Granite; Laccolith

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC MINERAL; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033603176     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00122-5     Document Type: Article

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