Guruve and Mutare dykes: Preliminary geochemical indication of complex Mesoproterozoic mafic magmatic systems in Zimbabwe

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 689-701

  Ward, S E ^a   Hall, R P ^a   Hughes, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIKE SWARM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034210355     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(00)00046-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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