Geochemical effects of magma addition: Compositional reversals and decoupling of trends in the Main Zone of the western Bushveld Complex

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 833-856

  Nex, P A M ^a   Cawthorn, R G ^a   Kinnaird, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Geochemical trends; Magma addition; Main Zone; Plagioclase; Pyroxene; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CORE SAMPLES; CRYSTALLIZATION; INFILTRATION; TEXTURES;

GEOCHEMICAL EFFECTS;

MINERALOGY;

EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036970541     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461026660063     Document Type: Article

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