Melt textures in orthopyroxene-bearing hornfels in the contact metamorphic aureole of the Bushveld Complex, eastern Transvaal, South Africa

Science Reports of the University of Tsukuba, Institute of Geoscience, Section B: Geological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-11

  Mizuno, Kohei ^a   Miyano, Takashi ^a   Tojo, Shunji ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Contact metamorphism; Orthopyroxene; Partial melting; Pelitic rocks

Indexed keywords

AUREOLE; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; HORNFELS; MELT; ORTHOPYROXENE; TEXTURE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033936942     PISSN: 03886182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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